FUSTY (fustier, fustiest)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: fustier    , fustiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does fusty mean? 

• FUSTY (adjective)
  The adjective FUSTY has 2 senses:

1. stale and unclean smelling

2. old-fashioned and out of date

  Familiarity information: FUSTY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUSTY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stale and unclean smelling

Synonyms:

frowsty; fusty; musty

Similar:

ill-smelling; malodorous; malodourous; stinky; unpleasant-smelling (having an unpleasant smell)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Old-fashioned and out of date

Synonyms:

fusty; nonprogressive; standpat; unprogressive

Similar:

conservative (resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion)

 Context examples 

Two miserable little white mice, left behind by their owner, are running up and down in a fusty castle made of pasteboard and wire, looking in all the corners with their red eyes for anything to eat.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)