as in stinking
having an unpleasant smell
couldn't stay too long in the fusty attic without sneezing
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of fusty
The steel frame is easy to wipe down, and the open design keeps it from trapping fusty odors.
—
Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
Paradoxically, the most lucrative magazine today is likely the Costco Connection, which emerges monthly from the fusty and secretive Kirkland, WA, marketing empire.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
In keeping with his transformational persona, Barack Obama tried to liven things up with a tan suit, only to scandalize the fusty Washington establishment.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Water damage and mold marked the ornate, gilded plasterwork, and paint—in a fusty Empire red—was peeling off the walls.
—Alice Cavanagh, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for fusty
Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
Paradoxically, the most lucrative magazine today is likely the Costco Connection, which emerges monthly from the fusty and secretive Kirkland, WA, marketing empire.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
In keeping with his transformational persona, Barack Obama tried to liven things up with a tan suit, only to scandalize the fusty Washington establishment.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Water damage and mold marked the ornate, gilded plasterwork, and paint—in a fusty Empire red—was peeling off the walls.
—Alice Cavanagh, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for fusty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fusty
Adjective
-
This is about a team with a top-10 payroll whose GM committed too stinking much of it to dogs that can’t, or won’t, pull the sled.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
22 Dec. 2019
-
Muttaiah said the man inside the stinking manhole was working without any safety equipment — no gloves, no shoes, no supplemental oxygen.—
Joanna Slater,
Washington Post,
16 Dec. 2019
Adjective
-
This fourth-generation farm is ripe for the picking—butterbeans, sunflowers, pumpkins, and more.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
7 Aug. 2025
-
This indicates the grapes were harvested very ripe, which suggests a winemaking team that prioritized concentration and flavor development over simply getting the wine to market quickly.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
-
The shop will look for common indicators of flood damage such as damp and musty odors, carpet and upholstery that has been recently cleaned or replaced, dirt and dried mud under the dash, in the engine compartment, and inside the trunk.—
Rick Barrett,
jsonline.com,
13 Aug. 2025
-
At the program’s outset, Felt tried to help the kids’ understanding by offering some musty statistics.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
30 July 2025
Adjective
-
The smelly, hairy animals with terrible eyesight are actually a type of mammal known as a collared peccary.—
Shelby Slade,
AZCentral.com,
24 July 2025
-
Words for different smells, or things that are smelly.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
Adjective
-
Midsummer is usually when sargassum, the floating seaweed that often washes up in malodorous piles on Florida beaches, starts to wane.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
-
Callery pear and Bradford pear trees are considered malodorous, according to the Spruce, a home and garden site.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Adjective
-
The Nationals put up a four-spot against Verlander, the backbreaker being CJ Abrams’ towering two-run shot off the right-field foul pole.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
10 Aug. 2025
-
Guests will enjoy the experience free from disruptive behavior, foul language, obscene gestures, fighting, unruly conduct or inconsiderate actions.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Adjective
-
One of the canines was wrapped in a spring protruding from a broken, threadbare couch, and yelping for help when cops arrived at the filthy apartment in the Belmont section of the Bronx on Aug. 4, officials said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
14 Aug. 2025
-
An image of the inside of the bunker, released by the sheriff’s office, showed a filthy mattress in a corner, a folding chair and a fan.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
26 July 2025
Adjective
-
Their stories include the reasons that kept them from evacuating and then the harrowing odysseys that took some of them through fetid streets of flood waters, others to the nightmare that was the Superdome or the Convention Center, and still others across impassable bridges and freeways.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 July 2025
-
That is now as pathetic to me as a fetid caveman’s toolmaking would be to a great thinker like da Vinci or even Edgar Allen Poe.—
Graham Techler,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Fusty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fusty. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share