Antonyms for ruster


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : ruhst
Phonetic Transcription : rÊŒst


Definition of ruster

Origin :
  • "red oxide of iron," Old English rust "rust; moral canker," related to rudu "redness," from Proto-Germanic *rusta- (cf. Frisian rust, Old High German and German rost, Middle Dutch ro(e)st), from PIE *reudh-s-to- (cf. Lithuanian rustas "brownish," rudeti "to rust;" Latin robigo, Old Church Slavonic ruzda "rust"), from root *reudh- "red" (see red (adj.1)).
  • As a plant disease, attested from mid-14c. Rust Belt "decayed urban industrial areas of mid-central U.S." (1984) was popularized, if not coined, by Walter Mondale's presidential campaign.
  • As in bronze : adj coppery-brown color
  • As in brown : adj dark, burnished color
  • As in going : adj active
  • As in red : noun color of blood; shade resembling such a color

Synonyms for ruster

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