English-Thai Dictionary

fusty

ADJ เหม็น ชื้น  เหม็นอับ  men-chan

 

fusty

N ความล้าสมัย  kwam-la-sa-mai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FUSTY

a.[See Fust. ] Moldy; musty; ill smelling; rank; rancid.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FUSTY

Fusty, a. [Compar. Fustier; superl Fustiest.] Etym: [See 2d Fust. ]

 

1. Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank. "A fusty plebeians." Shak.

 

2. Moping. [Archaic ] A melancholy, fusty humor. Pepys.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fusty

fus ty |ˈfəstē ˈfəsti | ▶adjective ( fustier, fustiest ) smelling stale, damp, or stuffy: the fusty odor of decay. • old-fashioned in attitude or style: grammar in the classroom became a fusty notion. DERIVATIVES fus ti ly |ˈfəstəlē |adverb, fus ti ness noun ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Old French fuste ‘smelling of the cask, ’ from fust ‘cask, tree trunk, ’ from Latin fustis ‘cudgel. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

fusty

fusty |ˈfʌsti | ▶adjective ( fustier, fustiest ) smelling stale, damp, or stuffy: the fusty odour of decay. • old-fashioned in attitude or style: grammar in the classroom became a fusty notion. DERIVATIVES fustily adverb, fustiness noun ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Old French fuste ‘smelling of the cask ’, from fust ‘cask, tree trunk ’, from Latin fustis ‘cudgel ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fusty

fusty adjective 1 the room smelt fusty: stale, musty, dusty; stuffy, airless, unventilated; damp, mildewed, mildewy. ANTONYMS fresh, airy. 2 a fusty conservative: old-fashioned, out of date, outdated, behind the times, antediluvian, backward-looking; fogeyish; informal square, uncool. ANTONYMS modern, up-to-date.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fusty

fusty adjective 1 a fusty drawing room: stuffy, musty, stale, stagnant, airless, unventilated, close, suffocating, oppressive, mouldering; damp, mildewed, mildewy; Brit. frowsty. ANTONYMS airy, ventilated. 2 a fusty conservative: old-fashioned, out of date, outdated, behind the times, antediluvian, backward-looking, past it; crusty, fogeyish; informal square, out of the ark, creaky, mouldy. ANTONYMS modern, up-to-date.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fusty

fust y /fʌ́sti /形容詞 1 かびくさい, むっとする .2 古くさい, 時代遅れの .f ú st i ly 副詞 f ú st i ness 名詞