Reverse Dictionary: MUSTY

ADJECTIVES
► FADY musty, damp; covered with perspiration → 1790 Eng. dial.
► FROUGHY musty, stale, sour, not sweet → 1579
► FROWSTY fusty, musty, having an unpleasant smell → 1865
► FROWY partly decomposed and ill-smelling; musty, stale, not sweet → 1579
► FROWZY ill-smelling, fusty, musty; having an unpleasant smell from being dirty, unwashed, etc. → 1681
► MUCIDOUS musty, mouldy; festering, stagnant; slimy → 1866 obs.
► MUGGISH damp, musty → 1655 obs.
► MUGGY moist, damp, wet; musty, mouldy → 1731
► MUSKY musty, mouldy-smelling → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MUSSY musty → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MUSTIED musty, mouldy → 1572 obs.
► NILDED musty, mouldy, mildewed → 1903 Sc.
► OLD musty, rotten; fetid → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAFTY musty, damp, fusty → 1655 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► VINNY musty, mouldy, mildewed; esp. used of bread or cheese → 1796 Eng. dial.

NOUNS
► FROUST ► FROWST  the close and musty air of a room, etc., which is over-warm or overcrowded and without sufficient ventilation → 1907
► FROWSTINESS  mustiness, stuffiness → 1923
► MUST mustiness; mould → 1602
► OLD must, mould → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VINEW mustiness, mould, mouldiness → 1538 obs.

VERBS
► FINEW to become musty or mouldy → c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► FUSTICATE to make musty or fusty; to stay in a close stuffy atmosphere → 1839
► MUST to become musty, mouldy, or mildewed; to acquire a musty or sour smell → 1530
► MUSTIFY to make musty or mouldy → 1828