fusty
having a stale smell; moldy; musty: fusty rooms that were in need of a good airing.
old-fashioned or out-of-date, as architecture, furnishings, or the like: They still live in that fusty, gingerbread house.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.
Origin of fusty
1Other words for fusty
Other words from fusty
- fus·ti·ly, adverb
- fus·ti·ness, noun
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How to use fusty in a sentence
We poked amid the still fustiness of the deserted mausoleum I knew so well.
Each Man Kills | Victoria GladHe set his tongue to it, and it tasted cool and good after the fustiness of the woollen gag.
On a shelf close to me stood cats in dissipated attitudes, mere yellow bundles of swathings and fustiness.
Aliens | William McFee
British Dictionary definitions for fusty
/ (ˈfʌstɪ) /
smelling of damp or mould; musty
old-fashioned in attitude
Origin of fusty
1Derived forms of fusty
- fustily, adverb
- fustiness, noun
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