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Musty Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Musty? [adj] stale and unclean smelling [adj] covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Musty: frowsty \| fusty \| malodorous \| moldy \| mouldy \| stale Related Terms \| Find terms related to Musty: ancient \| antediluvian \| antiquated \| archaic \| back-number \| bad \| bad-smelling \| banal \| bewhiskered \| blasted \| blighted \| blown \| bromidic \| burning \| bygone \| cliched \| common \| commonplace \| corny \| crumbling \| cut-and-dried \| damp \| decayed \| despoiled \| dilapidated \| dirty \| dusty \| estral \| estrous \| estrual \| fade \| familiar \| fecal \| fetid \| filthy \| flyblown \| foul \| frowsty \| frowsy \| frowy \| frowzy \| fulsome \| funky \| fusty \| gamy \| gone to seed \| graveolent \| hackney \| hackneyed \| high \| hoary \| hot \| ill-smelling \| in heat \| in must \| in rut \| maggoty \| malodorous \| mephitic \| miasmal \| miasmic \| mildewed \| mildewy \| moldering \| moldy \| moss-grown \| moth-eaten \| mouldy \| must \| nidorous \| noisome \| noxious \| obsolete \| odorous \| offensive \| old hat \| old-fashioned \| olid \| out of date \| passe \| platitudinous \| putrid \| rancid \| rank \| ravaged \| reasty \| reasy \| reechy \| reeking \| reeky \| repulsive \| rotten \| ruined \| ruinous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 \| vile \| warmed-over \| weevily \| well-known \| well-worn \| worm-eaten \| wormy \| worn \| worn out \| worn thin See Also \| Musty In Webster's Dictionary \Mus"ty\, a. [Compar. {Mustier}; superl. {Mustiest}.] [From L. mustum must; or perh. fr. E. moist. Cf. {Must}, n., {Moist}.] 1. Having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books. --Harvey. 2. Spoiled by age; rank; stale. The proverb is somewhat musty. --Shak. 3. Dull; heavy; spiritless. ``That he may not grow musty and unfit for conversation.'' --Addison.

Musty Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Musty?

[adj] stale and unclean smelling
[adj] covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor"

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Musty In Webster's Dictionary

\Mus"ty\, a. [Compar. {Mustier}; superl. {Mustiest}.]
[From L. mustum must; or perh. fr. E. moist. Cf. {Must}, n.,
{Moist}.]
1. Having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which
   substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist
   weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn;
   musty books. --Harvey.

2. Spoiled by age; rank; stale.

         The proverb is somewhat musty.        --Shak.

3. Dull; heavy; spiritless. ``That he may not grow musty and
   unfit for conversation.'' --Addison.

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