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Meanings of
fusty
in English
Stale and unclean smelling.
musty
frowsty
Related terms
stinky
malodorous
ill-smelling
malodourous
unpeasant-smelling
Old-fashioned and out of date.
unprogressive
nonprogressive
standpat
Related terms
conservative
Synonyms
Examples for "
unprogressive
"
unprogressive
nonprogressive
standpat
Examples for "
unprogressive
"
1
But none the less are they helpless,
unprogressive
,
and incapable of learning.
2
I felt no condemnation; yet the memory, static,
unprogressive
,
haunted me.
3
This absence of popular education, more than anything else, made Oriental civilization
unprogressive
.
4
The policy of promoters of African colonization, however, did not immediately become
unprogressive
.
5
In this passive, abstract,
unprogressive
state, they have remained ever since.
1
The subsidence was
nonprogressive
,
and no subsidence occurred after the 1st year.
2
Most patients had a
nonprogressive
clinical course despite the presence of severe symptoms.
3
Although steatosis alone seems to be
nonprogressive
,
some patients with NASH can progress.
4
Eighteen months of follow-up revealed a static
nonprogressive
disease.
5
Case report: Two unrelated patients presented with slowly progressive or
nonprogressive
proximal muscle weakness since childhood.
1
In Congress, farmers and fishermen,
standpat
Republicans and Progressives hostile to the Administration, waged war against the bargain.
Usage of
fusty
in English
1
Here was a feisty young talent taking on an out-of-touch,
fusty
establishment.
2
Pelham, please, do try not to be such a
fusty
old nanny.
3
A
fusty
old cab, a four-wheeler, a growler, don't you call them?
4
Stereotype says they're
fusty
,
but the reality is absolutely the opposite.
5
We expect Poussins to inhabit a zone of studious murmuring and
fusty
hauteur.
6
Get over it. Just show us the golf, you
fusty
shower of cranks.
7
The
fusty
familiarity of an old-fashioned woollen blanket, pulled up over his face.
8
He should have preached on the
fusty
roads... View Article
9
The royal family and the
fusty
establishment, very much out.
10
Our house was too small and I was getting to look
fusty
and frowsy.
11
Once again he delved deeply into
fusty
Monster files and found a startling clue.
12
I wouldn't mind if I blew a cloud, as well as you, old
fusty
-
musty
.
13
The sack smelled old and
fusty
but it somehow helped my breathing to steady.
14
A
fusty
,
musty smell was in the room, in the air of the staircase, everywhere.
15
But a band of up-and-coming performers will partly compensate and help banish Venice's
fusty
image.
16
They only hold dust and make the room
fusty
.
Other examples for "fusty"
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fusty
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
fusty room
fusty reputation
brilliantly fusty
close fusty
distinctive fusty
More collocations
Fusty
through the time
Fusty
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common