Musty
['mʌstɪ] or ['mʌsti]
Definition
(n.) Having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books.
(n.) Spoiled by age; rank; stale.
(n.) Dull; heavy; spiritless.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Mouldy, fusty, soured, fetid, foul, spoiled, stale.
Checker: Lucille
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fusty, rank, mouldy, frowzy, stale, sour, fetid, mildewed
ANT:Fragrant, fresh, balmy, aromatic, odorous
Checker: Trent
Definition
adj. mouldy: spoiled by damp: sour: foul.—adv. Must′ily.—n. Must′iness.
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Examples
- This is my little bedroom; rather musty, but Barnard's is musty. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- They mounted up and up, through the musty smell of an old close house, little used, to a large garret bed-room. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- That's a treacherous fellow,' said Mr Boffin, dusting his arms and legs as he came forth, the alligator having been but musty company. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I listened for a few moments, and in the musty rotting silence of the house believed that I could hear the murmur of their young voices. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Your bank-notes had a musty odour, as if they were fast decomposing into rags again. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I'm afraid I must own, that I think your opinions are the oldest and mustiest I have met with this long time. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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