The furniture was dusty.
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Dusty
//ˈdʌsti//
Synonyms for "dusty" (246 found)
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Closest matches (50)
Strong matches (73)
dryasdustdulldust covereddust riddenearthyeffeteefflorescentelephantineemptyetiolatedeverlastingfadefaintfarinaceousfineflakyflatflouryfurfuraceousfusty
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glaucescentglaucousgone to dustgone to seedgratedgraygray-blackgray-browngray-coloredgray-drabgray-greengray-spottedgray-tonedgray-whitegrayedgrayishgreygrimygriseousgrizzlegrizzledgrizzlygroundgrubbygrungyharpingheadacheheavyhigh and dryho humho-humhollowhumdrumimpalpableinaneinexcitableinsipidinvariableiron-grayjejunejog trotjog-trotjuicelesslead-grayleadenlevigatedlifelesslike parchmentlividlong windedlong-winded
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (123)
low spiritedlow-spiritedmealymessymildewedmilledmirymolderingmoldymonotonousmoss-grownmoth eatenmoth-eatenmouse coloredmouse-coloredmouse-graymousymuddymustynuisance
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pain in the neckpalepallidpearlpearl-graypearlypedestrianpestpestledpillploddingpointlesspokyponderouspowderedpowderyprolixpulverantpulverizedpulverulentquaker-coloredreduced to powderroad-wearyruinedruinousrustysadsaharansandysaplessscalyscobicularscobiformscruffyscurfyshardedshreddedsilversilver-graysilveredsilverysingsongslate-coloredslatyslovenlyslowsmirchysmoke-graysmokysmudgysmutchysmuttysnuffysobersolemnsombersootyspiritlessstalesteel-graysteelysterilestiffstodgystone-coloredstormystuffysuperficialtastelesstaupetediousthirstingthirstytime-scarredtimeworntravel-jadedtravel-satedtravel-stainedtravel-wearytravel-worntreadmilltrituratedundampeduneventfuluninterestingunlivelyuntidyunvaryingunwateredvapidwaterlessway-wearywaywornwearifulwearinesswearisomewet blanketwoodenwornworthless
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Synonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 39 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- փոշոտ adj (covered with dust)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tozlu adj (covered with dust)
Belarusian
3 entries- запы́лены adj (covered with dust)
- пы́льны adj (covered with dust)
- упы́лены adj (covered with dust)
Bulgarian
2 entries- пепеляв adj (grey in parts)
- прашен adj (covered with dust)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎪᏍᏚᎭᎢ adj (covered with dust)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 塵封 /尘封 adj (covered with dust)
Czech
1 entries- zaprášený adj (covered with dust)
Danish
1 entries- støvet adj (covered with dust)
Dutch
2 entries- stoffig adj (covered with dust)
- stoffig adj (powdery and resembling dust)
Esperanto
1 entries- polva adj (covered with dust)
Finnish
4 entries- pölyinen adj (covered with dust)
- pölyinen adj (powdery and resembling dust)
- tomuinen adj (covered with dust)
- tomuinen adj (powdery and resembling dust)
French
1 entries- poussiéreux adj (covered with dust)
German
2 entries- staubig adj (covered with dust)
- staubig adj (powdery and resembling dust)
Hungarian
3 entries- poros adj (covered with dust)
- porszerű adj (powdery and resembling dust)
- szürke adj (grey in parts)
Icelandic
1 entries- rykfallinn adj (covered with dust)
Ido
1 entries- polvoza adj (covered with dust)
Indonesian
1 entries- berdebu adj (covered with dust)
Ingrian
1 entries- pöllykäs adj (covered with dust)
Italian
4 entries- impolverato adj (covered with dust)
- impolverato adj (powdery and resembling dust)
- polveroso adj (covered with dust)
- polveroso adj (powdery and resembling dust)
Japanese
1 entries- ほこりっぽい adj (covered with dust)
Kalmyk
1 entries- шората adj (covered with dust)
Khmer
1 entries- ប្រឡូស adj (covered with dust)
Malay
1 entries- berhabuk adj (covered with dust)
Māori
1 entries- puaheri adj (powdery and resembling dust)
Norwegian
1 entries- støvet adj (covered with dust)
Polish
3 entries- pylisty adj (powdery and resembling dust)
- zakurzony adj (covered with dust)
- zgaszony adj (grey in parts)
Portuguese
3 entries- empoeirado adj (covered with dust)
- poeirento adj (covered with dust)
- poeirento adj (powdery and resembling dust)
Russian
4 entries- блёклый adj (grey in parts)
- запорошённый adj (covered with dust)
- запылённый adj (covered with dust)
- порошкообра́зный adj (powdery and resembling dust)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- dustach adj (covered with dust)
- dustach adj (powdery and resembling dust)
- dustach adj (grey in parts)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- praškast adj (powdery and resembling dust)
- prašnjav adj (covered with dust)
- прашкаст adj (powdery and resembling dust)
- прашњав adj (covered with dust)
Spanish
3 entries- polvoriento adj (covered with dust)
- polvoroso adj (covered with dust)
- pulverulento adj (covered with dust)
Sundanese
1 entries- belewuk adj (covered with dust)
Tausug
1 entries- mabagunbun adj (covered with dust)
Tocharian B
1 entries- tweyetstse adj (covered with dust)
Turkish
1 entries- tozlu adj (covered with dust)
Tuvan
2 entries- довурактыг adj (covered with dust)
- доозуннуг adj (covered with dust)
Ukrainian
4 entries- запоро́шений adj (covered with dust)
- ку́рявий adj (covered with dust)
- курни́й adj (covered with dust)
- пи́льний adj (covered with dust)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bụi bặm adj (covered with dust)
Yakut
2 entries- буордаах adj (covered with dust)
- быыллаах adj (covered with dust)
Sample sentences
46 total sentences available.
The dusty track descends to a valley.
Source: tatoeba (43249)
The road is dusty. It cannot have rained yesterday.
Source: tatoeba (280459)
Is it the vacuum cleaner's fault that the room is dusty?
Source: tatoeba (328659)
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