Antonyms for musty

Grammar : Adj

Spell : muhs-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʌs ti

Definition of musty

Origin : 1520s, perhaps a variant of moisty "moist, damp" (see moist). Related: Mustiness.

adj stuffy, aged
adj worn-out, clichéd

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for musty

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