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dusty
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As an adjective, dusty means covered with dust.
Meanings of dusty
7 meaningsadjective
Covered with dust.
“a dusty carpet”
Powdery and resembling dust.
Grey in parts.
figurativeOld; outdated; stuffily traditional.
AAVEslangUgly, disgusting (a general term of abuse)
UKslangUgly, unwell, inadequate, bad (generally used in the negative)
Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
“moth-eaten theories about race”
“stale news”
Similar: cold, stale, moth-eaten
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
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Synonyms by meaning
adjective: covered with a layer of dust
dust-covered
adjective: lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
Words that rhyme with dusty
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