Steve is a fusty old man who won't listen to music made after 1975.
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Fusty
//ˈfʌsti//
Synonyms for "fusty" (166 found)
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Strong matches (49)
Related words (83)
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Adjective(3 words)
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2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- задушен adj (stale-smelling or stuffy)
- мухлясал adj (moldy or musty)
- спарен adj (stale-smelling or stuffy)
- старомоден adj (old-fashioned, refusing to change or update)
Czech
2 entries- plesnivý adj (moldy or musty)
- zatuchlý adj (stale-smelling or stuffy)
Finnish
4 entries- homeinen adj (moldy or musty)
- tunkkainen adj (moldy or musty)
- tunkkainen adj (stale-smelling or stuffy)
- ummehtunut adj (old-fashioned, refusing to change or update)
German
4 entries- modrig adj (moldy or musty)
- muffig adj (moldy or musty)
- muffig adj (stale-smelling or stuffy)
- veraltet adj (old-fashioned, refusing to change or update)
Greek
2 entries- μπαγιάτικος adj (moldy or musty)
- μπαγιάτικος adj (stale-smelling or stuffy)
Hungarian
2 entries- dohos adj (stale-smelling or stuffy)
- áporodott adj (stale-smelling or stuffy)
Māori
2 entries- kurikuri adj (stale-smelling or stuffy)
- kōpuru adj (moldy or musty)
Romanian
1 entries- muced adj (moldy or musty)
Spanish
4 entries- apolillado adj (old-fashioned, refusing to change or update)
- desfasado adj (old-fashioned, refusing to change or update)
- trasnochado adj (old-fashioned, refusing to change or update)
- viejuno adj (old-fashioned, refusing to change or update)
Sample sentences
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I rather vvonder vvhat Charms a VVoman of any Spirit can fancy in a Nunnery, in vvatching, vvorking, praying, and ſometimes, I am afraid, vviſhing for other Company than that of an old fuſty Friar— […]
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All up the hills that hem the city in, these houses swarm; and the mites inside were lolling out of the windows, and drying their ragged clothes on poles, and crawling in and out at the doors, and coming out to pant and gasp upon the pavement, and creeping in and out among huge piles and bales of fusty, musty, stifling goods; […]
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You always knew where to find him if he were wanted; he would be in his study with a book. Very likely it would be an old, old book, some fusty old thing that no one else would dream of reading.
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