Concept cluster: Physical processes > Mustiness or staleness
adj
(formal) Chestnut-coloured.
n
(Northern England, Scotland) A mouldy dampness; mouldiness
adj
(UK, Norfolk) Low-spirited; down in the mouth.
adj
Characterised or marked by farting; like a fart (all senses)
adj
(dialect) fusty
adj
(simile, humorous) Highly fertile.
n
(rare) The foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts.
n
moldiness
n
Fustiness; mustiness.
n
(obsolete) fustiness; mustiness
adj
mouldy, musty, fusty
adj
fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight
adj
(UK) musty; stuffy (atmosphere)
adj
(archaic) musty, rancid
n
A heavy, musty, stuffy or unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area.
n
A strong musty smell; mustiness.
n
Obsolete spelling of fustic [A tropical American tree, Maclura tinctoria, whose wood produces a yellow dye.]
adj
Moldy or musty.
adj
(hypercorrect) Nonstandard spelling of fetid. [Foul-smelling, stinking.]
adj
Like gruel.
n
(archaic) A slight taint of decay, particularly in wild game meat, that used to be considered desirable; approximately, gaminess.
adj
(obsolete) moldy; musty
adj
(obsolete) Moldy; mossy; musty.
n
Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
adj
(chiefly East Midlands, Yorkshire) Non-cooperative, bad-tempered or terse in communication; grumpy.
adj
(informal) Such that one either loves or hates it; polarizing.
adj
Stale or musty.
adj
(figuratively) Old; old-fashioned, out of date.
adj
(obsolete) mouldy
adj
(obsolete, slang, derogatory) Gray-headed, whether from age or hair powder.
adj
Abounding in or infested with mice.
adj
Musty; starting to decay; tainted.
adj
(obsolete) Wet or mouldy.
adj
(informal) suffering from mumps
n
The property of being stale or musty.
adj
Alternative form of musty (“in musth”) [Affected by dampness or mould; damp, mildewed, mouldy.]
adj
(obsolete) Made musty.
adj
Characteristic of or relating to mould or mouldiness.
adj
Of or pertaining to ordure; filthy.
adj
Obsolete form of pursy. [Out of breath; short of breath, especially due to fatness.]
adj
(UK, dialect) damp; musty
adj
(Northern England) Rancid; offensive in smell or taste.
adj
(obsolete, UK, dialect) rusty and rancid; applied to salt meat
n
Foul-smelling matter; material that reeks.
adj
Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul.
adj
(archaic, of bread) stale
adj
Discolored and rancid; reasty.
adj
Somewhat rusty.
adj
Sandy or gritty.
adj
(obsolete) Musty; tainted; rancid.
adj
(obsolete) sooty
adj
No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
v
(obsolete) To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.
v
(simile, figuratively) To smell fishy, to stink to high heaven (to look extremely suspicious or unconvincing)
n
Unpleasant smell
adj
Having a pasty or sickly yellowish complexion.
v
(obsolete) To become musty or mouldy.
adj
(archaic) musty
adj
(informal) Having a strong or unpleasant odour.
adj
(colloquial) Having a bad smell.
n
A cured olive which has spoiled or is on the verge of decomposition.

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