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musty

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of musty

1 having an unpleasant smell

musty old gym socks

Synonyms of musty

fetid, foul, frowsty [chiefly British], frowsy (or frowzy), funky, fusty, malodorous, noisome, rank, reeking, reeky, ripe, smelly, stenchy, stinking, stinky, strong

Words Related to musty

putrid, rancid, skunky, stale

bad, disgusting, offensive, repulsive, revolting, vile

decayed, decaying, decomposed, decomposing, rotted, rotten, rotting, spoiled, spoiling

dirty, filthy, nasty, noxious

odiferous, odoriferous, odorous

Near Antonyms of musty

flowery, fruity, spicy, woodsy

Antonyms of musty

ambrosial, aromatic, fragrant, perfumed, redolent, savory (also savoury), scented, sweet

2 used or heard so often as to be dull

the musty prose of writers who use the same expressions over and over

Synonyms of musty

banal, cliché (also cliche), clichéd, cobwebby, commonplace, hack, hackney, hackneyed, moth-eaten, obligatory, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn

Words Related to musty

bromidic, platitudinal, platitudinous

canned, cardboard, conventional, cookie-cutter, derivative, imitative, ready-made, tried-and-true, unimaginative, uninspired, unoriginal

normal, ordinary, rote, routine, standard, stock, typical, usual

arid, barren, boring, colorless, drab, dreary, drudging, dry, dull, dusty, flat, heavy, ho-hum, humdrum, jading, jejune, leaden, mind-numbing, monotonous, numbing, old, pedantic, pedestrian, ponderous, prosaic, stodgy, stuffy, tame, tedious, tiresome, tiring, undramatic, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome, weary, wearying

old-fashioned, old hat

Near Antonyms of musty

animating, energizing, enlivening, exciting, galvanizing, invigorating, stimulating

absorbing, engaging, engrossing, gripping, interesting, intriguing, involving, riveting

atypical, extraordinary, strange, unaccustomed, uncommon, unfamiliar, unheard-of, unknown, unprecedented, unusual

pathbreaking, pioneering, trailblazing

Antonyms of musty

fresh, new, novel, original, unclichéd, unhackneyed

Synonym Discussion of musty

malodorous, stinking, fetid, noisome, putrid, rank, fusty, musty mean bad-smelling. malodorous may range from the unpleasant to the strongly offensive.

- malodorous fertilizers

stinking and fetid suggest the foul or disgusting.

- prisoners were held in stinking cells
- the fetid odor of skunk cabbage

noisome adds a suggestion of being harmful or unwholesome as well as offensive.

- a stagnant, noisome sewer

putrid implies particularly the sickening odor of decaying organic matter.

- the putrid smell of rotting fish

rank suggests a strong unpleasant smell.

- rank cigar smoke

fusty and musty suggest lack of fresh air and sunlight, fusty also implying prolonged uncleanliness, musty stressing the effects of dampness, mildew, or age.

- a fusty attic
- the musty odor of a damp cellar

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