Musty

/ˈmʌsti/

Synonyms for "musty" (158 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Adjective(7 words)

fusty moldy antiquated dank danker dankest dated

ancient antediluvian antiquated archaicback numberback-number bad bad-smelling banal bewhiskered blasted blighted blown bromidic burning bygone cliched close common commonplace

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corny crumblingcut-and-drieddamp decayed

Strong matches (47)

despoiled dilapidated dirty dusty estral estrous estrual fade familiar fecal fetid filthy flyblown foul frowsty frowsy frowy frowzy fulsome funky

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fusty gamygone to seedgraveolent hackney hackneyed high hoary hot ill-smellingin heatin mustin rutmaggoty malodorous mephitic miasmal miasmic mildewed mildewy moldering

Adjective(6 words)

frowsier frowsiest frowsty fustier fustiest moldier

Related words (79)

Adjective(4 words)

moldiest mouldy old-fashioned stalest

moldy moss-grownmoth eatenmoth-eaten mouldy must nidorous noisome noxious obsolete odorous offensiveold hatold-fashioned olidout of datepasse platitudinous putrid rancid

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rank ravaged reasty reasy reechy reeking reeky repulsive rotten ruined ruinous rusty rutting ruttish rutty set shopworn smellful smelling smelly smutted smutty sour spoilt squalid square stale stenchy stereotyped stinking stock strong stuffy sulfurous threadbare time-scarred timeworn tired trite truistic unoriginal vilewarmed overwarmed-over weevily well-known well-wornworm eatenworm-eaten wormy wornworn outworn thin

Verb(1 words)

staled

Noun(1 words)

staling

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

4 entries

descriptor odor quality smell

More specific

4 entries

antiquated dated mildewy old-fashioned

Collocations

6 entries

musty airmusty atmospheremusty basementmusty librarymusty odormusty smell

Inflections

2 entries

mustier mustiest

Derivations

2 entries

mustily mustiness

similar

6 entries

ill-smelling malodorous malodourous stale stinky unpleasant-smelling

Sample sentences

44 total sentences available.

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This room smells musty.

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It smelt musty.

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The cabin smelt musty.

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Layla's room smelt musty.

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