fusty[adjective]Synonyms: stale, airless, damp, mildewed, mouldering, musty, stuffy
Related Words: close,
moldy,
dirty,
filthy,
squalid,
disheveled,
slipshod,
sloppy,
slovenly,
unkempt [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
fus‧ty /ˈfʌsti/
adjective[
Date: 1400-1500;
Origin: fust 'wooden wine container' (15-16 centuries), from Old French, from Latin fustis; ⇒ fustian]
1. if rooms, clothes, buildings etc are fusty, they have an unpleasant smell, because they have not been used for a long time
Synonym : musty2. informal ideas or people that are fusty are old-fashioned:
fusty old academics—fustiness noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲