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Definitions for Musty

[1] having an odor or flavor suggestive of mold, as old buildings, long-closed rooms, or stale food.
[2] obsolete; outdated; antiquated: musty laws.
[3] dull; apathetic.
[4] (formerly) a kind of snuff having a musty flavor.
[5] smelling or tasting old, stale, or mouldy
[6] old-fashioned, dull, or hackneyed musty ideas

Words related to Musty

putrid, ancient, crumbling, stale, fetid, decrepit, moldy, smelly, airless, dank, squalid, stuffy, threadbare, antediluvian, antique, decayed, dirty, dry, filthy, frowzy

Words nearby Musty

muster day, muster in, muster roll, musth, mustn't, musty, mut, mut dash, mut., mutable, mutable sign

Origin of Musty

2First recorded in 1700–10; noun use of musty1

Other words from Musty

mus·ti·ly , adverb
mus·ti·ness , noun

Word origin for Musty

C16: perhaps a variant of obsolete moisty, influenced by must ³

Synonyms for Musty

airless, ancient, crumbling, dank, decrepit, fetid, moldy, putrid, smelly, squalid, stale, stuffy, antediluvian, antique, decayed, dirty, dried-out, dry, filthy, frowzy, malodorous, mildewed, mildewy, moth-eaten, noisome, old, rotten, spoiled