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past tense of rust
Synonyms & Antonyms of rusted
to form rust
- The old car was left to rust in the yard of the abandoned house.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for rusted
- crumbled,
- declined,
- degenerated,
- descended,
- deteriorated,
- dilapidated,
- sank
- (or sunk),
- withered
- broke down,
- corrupted,
- decayed,
- decomposed,
- degraded,
- disintegrated,
- dissolved,
- festered,
- fouled,
- molded,
- moldered,
- perished
- [chiefly British],
- putrefied,
- rotted,
- spoiled
- (or chiefly British spoilt)
- soured,
- turned,
- turned off
- [British]
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for rusted
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“Rusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rusted. Accessed 2 Dec. 2021.
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