Fusty
adjective
Having a musty smell or an old-fashioned style.
The room was fusty and needed some fresh air.
Often appears as...
- a fusty room
- a fusty smell
adjective
Lacking freshness or originality.
His ideas were seen as fusty and out of date.
Often appears as...
- fusty ideas
- fusty approach
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Having a musty smell or an old-fashioned style.
The room was fusty and needed some fresh air.
Often appears as...
- a fusty room
- a fusty smell
adjective
Lacking freshness or originality.
His ideas were seen as fusty and out of date.
Often appears as...
- fusty ideas
- fusty approach
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Experience
Fusty often invokes a specific smell visual, like old books in a closed room.
Opening the storage, we were hit by a distinctly fusty odor.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Describing a place as fusty suggests neglect or lack of fresh air.
The antique shop had a fusty atmosphere, untouched by time.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Environment
Use 'fusty' to describe enclosed spaces that need airing out.
Her grandmother's fusty living room felt claustrophobic.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Experience
Fusty often invokes a specific smell visual, like old books in a closed room.
Opening the storage, we were hit by a distinctly fusty odor.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Describing a place as fusty suggests neglect or lack of fresh air.
The antique shop had a fusty atmosphere, untouched by time.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Environment
Use 'fusty' to describe enclosed spaces that need airing out.
Her grandmother's fusty living room felt claustrophobic.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Experience
Fusty often invokes a specific smell visual, like old books in a closed room.
Opening the storage, we were hit by a distinctly fusty odor.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Describing a place as fusty suggests neglect or lack of fresh air.
The antique shop had a fusty atmosphere, untouched by time.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Environment
Use 'fusty' to describe enclosed spaces that need airing out.
Her grandmother's fusty living room felt claustrophobic.
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Quote examples
David Fahrenthold
American Journalist
The Post' is a fairly fusty place when it comes to profanity. If a reporter tries to get a bad word into a story, the word is usually forwarded to top editors, who consider it with the gravity and speed that the Vatican applies to candidates for sainthood.
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Susan Choi
American Novelist
It's still funny for me to think of myself as someone who writes historical fiction because it seems like a really fusty, musty term, and yet it clearly applies.
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Ruth Rendell
British Writer
I don't want to be a fusty old lady writer.
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David Fahrenthold
American Journalist
The Post' is a fairly fusty place when it comes to profanity. If a reporter tries to get a bad word into a story, the word is usually forwarded to top editors, who consider it with the gravity and speed that the Vatican applies to candidates for sainthood.
Quote examples
Susan Choi
American Novelist
It's still funny for me to think of myself as someone who writes historical fiction because it seems like a really fusty, musty term, and yet it clearly applies.
Quote examples
Ruth Rendell
British Writer
I don't want to be a fusty old lady writer.
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