Rusty

//ˈɹʌsti//

Synonyms for "rusty" (201 found)

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Adjective(1 words)
hoary

Related words (100)

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related to

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Translations

116 translations across 50 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • صَدِئ adj (affected by rust)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ժանգոտ adj (affected by rust)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • іржа́вы adj (affected by rust)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • matakla adj (affected by rust)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • занемарен adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)
  • износен adj (worn, shabby)
  • ръждив adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)
  • ръждясал adj (affected by rust)

Catalan

2 entries
  • rovellat adj (affected by rust)
  • rovellat adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 生鏽的 /生锈的 adj (affected by rust)

Cornish

2 entries
  • gossenek adj (affected by rust)
  • gossenek adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)

Czech

2 entries
  • rezavý adj (affected by rust)
  • rezavý adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)

Danish

4 entries
  • rusten adj (affected by rust)
  • rusten adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)
  • rustfarvet adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)
  • rustrød adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)

Dutch

3 entries
  • roestig adj (affected by rust)
  • roestig adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)
  • verroest adj (affected by rust)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • rusta adj (affected by rust)
  • rusta adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)
  • rustkolora adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)

Estonian

1 entries
  • roostes adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ruosteenruskea adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)
  • ruosteessa adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)
  • ruosteinen adj (affected by rust)
  • ruosteinen adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)

French

2 entries
  • rouillé adj (affected by rust)
  • rouillé adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)

Galician

4 entries
  • enferruxado adj (affected by rust)
  • enferruxado adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)
  • ferruxento adj (affected by rust)
  • oxidado adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ჟანგიანი adj (affected by rust)
  • ჟანგისფერი adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)

German

3 entries
  • eingerostet adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)
  • rostig adj (affected by rust)
  • verrostet adj (affected by rust)

Greek

3 entries
  • ξεπερασμένος adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)
  • σκουριασμένος adj (affected by rust)
  • σκουριασμένος adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • berozsdásodott adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)
  • rozsdabarna adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)
  • rozsdás adj (affected by rust)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • ryðgaður adj (affected by rust)
  • stirðna adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)

Irish

3 entries
  • meirgeach adj (affected by rust)
  • meirgeach adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)
  • tréigthe adj (worn, shabby)

Italian

2 entries
  • arrugginito adj (affected by rust)
  • arrugginito adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)

Japanese

1 entries
  • さびた adj (affected by rust)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ច្រែះ adj (affected by rust)

Latin

4 entries
  • aerūginōsus adj (affected by rust)
  • ferrūgineus adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)
  • rōbīginōsus adj (affected by rust)
  • rōbīginōsus adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • ryzy adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • raschteg adj (affected by rust)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • зане́марен adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)
  • за’рѓан adj (affected by rust)
  • и́зносен adj (worn, shabby)
  • подзабо́равен adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)

Middle English

2 entries
  • rusty adj (affected by rust)
  • rusty adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • rusten adj (affected by rust)
  • rusten adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • rusta adj (affected by rust)
  • rusten adj (affected by rust)
  • rusten adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)

Old Armenian

1 entries
  • ժանգոտ adj (affected by rust)

Old English

1 entries
  • rūstiġ adj (affected by rust)

Polish

4 entries
  • rdzawy adj (affected by rust)
  • rdzawy adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)
  • zardzewiały adj (affected by rust)
  • zardzewiały adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • destreinado adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)
  • enferrujado adj (affected by rust)
  • enferrujado adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)
  • ferrugento adj (affected by rust)

Romanian

1 entries
  • ruginit adj (affected by rust)

Russian

1 entries
  • ржа́вый adj (affected by rust)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • hrđav adj (affected by rust)
  • rđav adj (affected by rust)
  • рђав adj (affected by rust)
  • хрђав adj (affected by rust)

Slovak

2 entries
  • hrdzavý adj (affected by rust)
  • hrdzavý adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)

Spanish

4 entries
  • herrumbroso adj (affected by rust)
  • herrumbroso adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)
  • olvidado adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)
  • oxidado adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)

Swedish

3 entries
  • ringrostig adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)
  • rostfärgad adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)
  • rostig adj (affected by rust)

Thai

1 entries
  • เป็นสนิม adj (affected by rust)

Turkish

3 entries
  • paslanmış adj (affected by rust)
  • paslanmış adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)
  • paslı adj (affected by rust)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • іржа́вий adj (affected by rust)

Unami

2 entries
  • màxkalësi adj (affected by rust)
  • màxkalët adj (affected by rust)

Venetan

1 entries
  • rùxene adj (affected by rust)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • rỉ adj (affected by rust)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • taoyon adj (affected by rust)

Welsh

4 entries
  • lliw rhwd adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)
  • rhydliw adj (of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown)
  • rhydlyd adj (affected by rust)
  • rhydlyd adj (lacking recent experience, out of practice)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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You get rusty if you haven't spoken English for a long time.

Source: tatoeba (30219)

Would you scrape that rusty pan?

Source: tatoeba (50139)

My rusty Ford broke down, obstructing the intersection.

Source: tatoeba (321494)

He met his end in a rusty bear trap.

Source: tatoeba (712332)

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