adj
Meaning 1
Moldy or musty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fusty
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈfʌsti/
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adj
Meaning 2
Stale-smelling or stuffy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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adj
Meaning 3
Old-fashioned, refusing to change or update.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oldfangled, outdated, anachronistic, antediluvial, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, backward, backwards, behind the times, cobwebbed, cobwebby, dated, defunct, desuete, discontinued, disused, dootsie, elderly, extinct, expired, fossilized, Havishamesque, hoary, idle, Miss Havishamesque, mouldy, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, old school, outmoded, out of date, out of fashion, outworn, parachronistic, passé, primitive, superannuated, superseded, unemployed, unoccupied, venerable, workless
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Tasting of the cask.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
old-fashioned and out of date
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: standpat(a), unprogressive, nonprogressive
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
stale and unclean smelling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: musty, frowsty
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English fusty, equivalent to fust + -y. Compare Scots foosty.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: мухлясал (muhljasal) — moldy or musty
- Czech: plesnivý — moldy or musty
- Finnish: homeinen — moldy or musty
- Finnish: tunkkainen — moldy or musty
- German: modrig — moldy or musty
- German: muffig — moldy or musty
- Greek: μπαγιάτικος (bagiátikos) — moldy or musty
- Māori: kōpuru — moldy or musty
- Romanian: muced — moldy or musty
- Bulgarian: спарен (sparen) — stale-smelling or stuffy
- Bulgarian: задушен (zadušen) — stale-smelling or stuffy
- Czech: zatuchlý — stale-smelling or stuffy
- Finnish: tunkkainen — stale-smelling or stuffy
- German: muffig — stale-smelling or stuffy
- Greek: μπαγιάτικος (bagiátikos) — stale-smelling or stuffy
- Hungarian: dohos — stale-smelling or stuffy
- Hungarian: áporodott — stale-smelling or stuffy
- Māori: kurikuri — stale-smelling or stuffy
- Bulgarian: старомоден (staromoden) — old-fashioned, refusing to change or update
- Czech: zatuchlý — old-fashioned, refusing to change or update
- Finnish: ummehtunut — old-fashioned, refusing to change or update
- German: veraltet — old-fashioned, refusing to change or update
- German: verstaubt — old-fashioned, refusing to change or update
- Spanish: apolillado — old-fashioned, refusing to change or update
- Spanish: desfasado — old-fashioned, refusing to change or update
- Spanish: trasnochado — old-fashioned, refusing to change or update
- Spanish: viejuno — old-fashioned, refusing to change or update