While on a mountain trip, I was chewing on some hard, stale bread when I happened upon a huge snake.
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Stale
//steɪl//
Synonyms for "stale" (193 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (39)
Strong matches (58)
Related words (96)
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rustysaplesssavorlessseducementsetshaftshopwornsmellysnaresoursouredspicelesssquarestagnantstemstenchystereotypedsterilestinkingstockstrongstuffytastelesstemptationthinthreadbaretime-scarredtime-worntimeworntiredtiresometraptritetruisticturnedtwice toldunflavoredunoriginalunsavoryurinevapidwarmed overwarmed-overwashywaterwateredwatered downwatered-downwateryweakwearywell-knownwell-wornwetwiltedwishy washywishy-washywitheredwornworn thin
Adjective(3 words)
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More general
16 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
14 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
3 entrieshas context
14 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
157 entriesShowing 16 of 157 words.
similar
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
Translations
142 translations across 36 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- bajat adj (having lost its freshness)
- bajat adj (no longer new or interesting)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἕωλος adj (having lost its freshness)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bayat adj (having lost its freshness)
Bulgarian
2 entries- банален adj (no longer new or interesting)
- баят adj (having lost its freshness)
Catalan
4 entries- florit adj (having lost its freshness)
- gastat adj (no longer new or interesting)
- passat adj (having lost its freshness)
- passat adj (no longer new or interesting)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 陳腐 /陈腐 adj (having lost its freshness)
Dutch
4 entries- brak adj (having lost its freshness)
- muf adj (having lost its freshness)
- oud adj (having lost its freshness)
- oudbakken adj (having lost its freshness)
Esperanto
1 entries- malfreŝa adj (having lost its freshness)
Finnish
4 entries- kulunut adj (no longer new or interesting)
- tympeä adj (no longer new or interesting)
- ummehtunut adj (having lost its freshness)
- vanhentunut adj (having lost its freshness)
French
4 entries- avarié adj (having lost its freshness)
- caduc adj (no longer new or interesting)
- démodé adj (no longer new or interesting)
- périmé adj (no longer new or interesting)
Galician
4 entries- choco adj (having lost its freshness)
- falmaguento adj (having lost its freshness)
- manido adj (having lost its freshness)
- pasado adj (having lost its freshness)
German
4 entries- abgestanden adj (having lost its freshness)
- altbacken adj (having lost its freshness)
- ausgelutscht adj (no longer new or interesting)
- fade adj (having lost its freshness)
Greek
4 entries- έωλος adj (no longer new or interesting)
- μπαγιάτικος adj (having lost its freshness)
- ξεπερασμένος adj (no longer new or interesting)
- στάσιμος adj (having lost its freshness)
Hungarian
4 entries- elcsépelt adj (no longer new or interesting)
- poshadt adj (having lost its freshness)
- állott adj (having lost its freshness)
- áporodott adj (having lost its freshness)
Icelandic
1 entries- staðinn adj (having lost its freshness)
Indonesian
1 entries- basi adj (having lost its freshness)
Italian
4 entries- ammuffito adj (having lost its freshness)
- avariato adj (having lost its freshness)
- obsoleto adj (no longer new or interesting)
- raffermo adj (having lost its freshness)
Japanese
2 entries- 古い adj (having lost its freshness)
- 陳腐な adj (no longer new or interesting)
Khmer
1 entries- ចាស់ adj (having lost its freshness)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- катуу verb (to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption)
Ladino
1 entries- bayat adj (having lost its freshness)
Malay
1 entries- basi adj (having lost its freshness)
Norman
2 entries- mouaîsi adj (having lost its freshness)
- raccourchi adj (having lost its freshness)
Old English
1 entries- ealdbacen adj (having lost its freshness)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- اوق noun (archery: shaft of an arrow)
- قاشان noun (urine of horses)
- كوندر noun (archery: shaft of an arrow)
Persian
1 entries- بیات adj (having lost its freshness)
Polish
1 entries- czerstwy adj (having lost its freshness)
Portuguese
4 entries- estagnado adj (having lost its freshness)
- estagnado adj (no longer new or interesting)
- parado adj (having lost its freshness)
- rançoso adj (having lost its freshness)
Russian
4 entries- бана́льный adj (no longer new or interesting)
- борода́тый adj (no longer new or interesting)
- за́тхлый adj (having lost its freshness)
- изби́тый adj (no longer new or interesting)
Spanish
4 entries- acorchado adj (having lost its freshness)
- alaste adj (having lost its freshness)
- anquilosado adj (no longer new or interesting)
- correoso adj (having lost its freshness)
Swedish
3 entries- avslagen adj (having lost its freshness)
- däven adj (having lost its freshness)
- passé adj (no longer new or interesting)
Telugu
3 entries- పాచిన adj (having lost its freshness)
- వడలిన adj (having lost its freshness)
- వాడిన adj (having lost its freshness)
Turkish
2 entries- bayat adj (having lost its freshness)
- bayat adj (no longer new or interesting)
Tày
3 entries- bút adj (having lost its freshness)
- bốt adj (having lost its freshness)
- mên bốt adj (having lost its freshness)
Vietnamese
2 entries- thiu adj (having lost its freshness)
- ôi adj (having lost its freshness)
Walloon
4 entries- avancî adj (having lost its freshness)
- aviyi adj (no longer new or interesting)
- forpassé adj (no longer new or interesting)
- foû môde adj (no longer new or interesting)
Sample sentences
108 total sentences available.
The beer is stale.
Source: tatoeba (710731)
A nurse brought me some bread and coffee, but the bread was stale and the coffee tasted of soap.
Source: tatoeba (737503)
This popcorn tastes stale. I wonder when it was popped.
Source: tatoeba (1075855)
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