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fusty
[ fuhs-tee ]
adjective
- having a stale smell; moldy; musty:
fusty rooms that were in need of a good airing.
Synonyms: malodorous, smelly, oppressive, stuffy, close
- old-fashioned or out-of-date, as architecture, furnishings, or the like:
They still live in that fusty, gingerbread house.
- stubbornly conservative or old-fashioned; fogyish.
fusty
/ ˈfʌstɪ /
adjective
- smelling of damp or mould; musty
- old-fashioned in attitude
Derived Forms
- ˈfustily, adverb
- ˈfustiness, noun
Other Words From
- fusti·ly adverb
- fusti·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of fusty1
Example Sentences
While they’ve mostly shed their fusty reputation, documentaries still give the impression of being more nutritious than the average TV treat.
Any chance that fusty old uniform can get revamped into something more appropriately Batman-esque for the occasion?
I know, I know—I feel like a fusty old crank merely posing the question.
I've a good mind to buy the goose going home; but then if it should turn out fusty—I think I had better leave it for Mrs. C.
He is another 'rusty, fusty, musty old bachelor,' who lacks that 'company' which Misery is said to love.
He will also have to sleep at night in fusty rooms, which are often without beds, and are almost invariably teeming with insects.
And she grubs away at perfectly uncongenial work, and lives with this fusty old mother in a fusty little lodging-house.
There was a fusty little tavern down the street, full of laughing soldiers.
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