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(damp or stale in smell or taste: musty old books.) zatuchnutý* * *• zastaraný• stuchnutý• plesnový
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smell — smell,[/p] scent, odor, aroma all denote a property of a thing that makes it perceptible to the olfactory sense. Smell not only is the most general of these terms but tends to be the most colorless. It is the appropriate word when merely the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
smell — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ overpowering, pervasive, pungent, rich, sharp, strong ▪ There was an overpowering smell of burning rubber. ▪ f … Collocations dictionary
musty — adjective a musty room, house, or object has a damp and unpleasant smell, because it is old and has not had any fresh air for a long time: musty old books | the stale musty smell of the attic mustiness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
musty — must|y [ˈmʌsti] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from moisty wet (15 19 centuries), from moist; influenced by MUST22] a musty room, house, or object has an unpleasant smell, because it is old and has not had any fresh air for a long time ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
musty — [[t]mʌ̱sti[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is musty smells old and damp. There are racks of musty clothing and piles of junk. ...that terrible musty smell. Syn: fusty … English dictionary
musty — UK [ˈmʌstɪ] / US adjective Word forms musty : adjective musty comparative mustier superlative mustiest smelling unpleasant and not fresh The room had a musty smell. Derived word: mustiness noun uncountable … English dictionary
musty — must|y [ mʌsti ] adjective smelling unpleasant and not fresh: The room had a musty smell. ╾ must|i|ness noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
musty — [mus′tē] adj. mustier, mustiest [< ? earlier moisty < MOIST] 1. having a stale, moldy smell or taste, as an unused room, food kept in a damp place, etc. 2. stale or trite; worn out; antiquated [musty ideas] 3. dull; apathetic mustily adv.… … English World dictionary
musty — ► ADJECTIVE (mustier, mustiest) 1) having a stale or mouldy smell or taste. 2) unoriginal or outdated. DERIVATIVES mustiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of moisty moist … English terms dictionary
smell — Honi, honihoni (transitive). Also: hanu, ea, ea. See saying, goat. ♦ Sweet smelling, ala, a ala; onaona (soft); paoa, kūpaoa (strong); māpu, maoani (wafted); anuhea, waianuhea (cool, soft); kolopua, hō ala, kāna e, nae, kaluhea, pē, puīa … English-Hawaiian dictionary
musty — adj. Musty is used with these nouns: ↑attic, ↑odour, ↑smell … Collocations dictionary