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Synonyms for musty
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : muhs-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʌs ti |
Top 10 synonyms for musty Other synonyms for the word musty
- antediluvian
- antiquated
- antique
- banal
- common
- commonplace
- decayed
- dirty
- dried-out
- dry
- dull
- filthy
- frowzy
- hackneyed
- hoary
- malodorous
- mildewed
- mildewy
- moth-eaten
- noisome
- obsolete
- old
- old hat
- old-fashioned
- rotten
- shopworn
- spoiled
- stale
- stereotypical
- stuffy
- threadbare
- timeworn
- tired
- trite
- warmed-over
- worn
Définition of musty
Origin :- 1520s, perhaps a variant of moisty "moist, damp" (see moist). Related: Mustiness.
- adj stuffy, aged
- adj worn-out, clichéd
- Your bank-notes had a musty odour, as if they were fast decomposing into rags again.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- "You perceive I have the musty look of a solitary," said Davenport.
- Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
- He was breathing in great gasps, and the air he breathed was thick and musty.
- Extract from : « When the Sleepers Woke » by Arthur Leo Zagat
- At your age the learning and comparing of musty laws 19 would have been dull work for me.
- Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan
- Dear me, George, have you brought that musty old paper up here?
- Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
- A breath of dampness wafts to me The musty odour of the vault.
- Extract from : « Enamels and Cameos and other Poems » by Thophile Gautier
- Ezra's eye dwelt oftener on these musty old books than elsewhere.
- Extract from : « Aunt Rachel » by David Christie Murray
- The air is close and vaporous; the domed chamber is damp and musty.
- Extract from : « The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba » by Walter Goodman
- I took a musty volume from Allen Clinton, which he had unearthed from its resting-place.
- Extract from : « A Master of Mysteries » by L. T. Meade
- Then through her musty veil her eyes were fixed anxiously on Atkins.
- Extract from : « Sue, A Little Heroine » by L. T. Meade
Antonyms for musty
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