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mildewed

ADJECTIVE
moldy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
funky putrid rotten rotting smelly stale
WEAK
airless dirty mildewy stuffy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fresh new perfumed
ADJECTIVE
musty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
airless ancient crumbling dank decrepit fetid moldy putrid smelly squalid stale stuffy
WEAK
antediluvian antique decayed dirty dried-out dry filthy frowzy malodorous mildewy moth-eaten noisome old rotten spoiled
Antonyms
STRONGEST
clean current fresh modern new perfumed sweet young
WEAK
clear sweet-smelling unused
ADJECTIVE
overused
Synonyms
STRONG
drained dull stale stock
WEAK
banal bromidic clichéd common cornball corny familiar tune flat hackneyed hokey jejune moth-eaten musty old hat ordinary platitudinal platitudinous prosaic ready-made run-of-the-mill shopworn threadbare timeworn uninspired unoriginal used-up vapid warmed-over well-worn worn-out
Antonyms
STRONG
active different energized fresh invigorated lively new refreshed unused
ADJECTIVE
platitudinal
Synonyms
WEAK
banal bathetic bromidic cliched clichéd common commonplace cornball corny drained dull exhausted familiar tune flat hackneyed hokey jejune moth-eaten musty old hat ordinary overused overworked pedestrian platitudinous prosaic ready-made routine run-of-the-mill set shopworn stale stereotyped stereotypic stereotypical stock threadbare timeworn tired uninspired unoriginal used-up vapid warmed-over well-worn worn worn-out
ADJECTIVE
platitudinous
Synonyms
WEAK
banal bathetic bromidic clichéd common commonplace cornball corny drained dull exhausted familiar tune flat hackneyed hokey jejune moth-eaten musty old hat ordinary overused overworked pedestrian platitudinal prosaic ready-made routine run-of-the-mill set shopworn stale stereotyped stereotypic stereotypical stock threadbare timeworn tired uninspired unoriginal used-up vapid warmed-over well-worn worn worn-out
ADJECTIVE
stereotypical
Synonyms
STRONGEST
archetypal characteristic common customary ordinary prototypical stereotypic stock traditional typical usual
STRONG
routine
WEAK
banal bromidic clichéd cornball corny drained dull familiar tune flat hackneyed hokey jejune moth-eaten musty old hat overused platitudinal platitudinous prosaic ready-made run-of-the-mill shopworn stale threadbare timeworn uninspired unoriginal used-up vapid warmed-over well-worn worn-out
ADJECTIVE
trite
Synonyms
STRONGEST
banal corny dull hackneyed
WEAK
bathetic bromidic chain cliché clichéd common cornball drained exhausted familiar tune flat hokey jejune moth-eaten musty old hat ordinary pedestrian platitudinous prosaic ready-made routine run-of-the-mill set shopworn stale stereotyped stock threadbare timeworn tired uninspired unoriginal used-up vapid warmed-over well-worn worn worn-out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fresh new original
WEAK
desirable important impressive pertinent relevant uncommon
ADJECTIVE
warmed-over
Synonyms
WEAK
banal bathetic bromidic clichéd common commonplace cornball corny drained dull exhausted familiar tune flat hackneyed hokey jejune moth-eaten musty old hat ordinary overused overworked pedestrian platitudinal platitudinous prosaic ready-made routine run-of-the-mill set shopworn stale stereotyped stereotypic stereotypical stock threadbare timeworn tired uninspired unoriginal used-up vapid well-worn worn worn-out

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For me to even open an envelope meant a trip to my stepmother’s house, where the precious cache was moldering in a mildewed basement.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025

This is how Lili Anolik found herself digging through the mildewed trash pile of Eve Babitz’s personal effects after her death in late 2021.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

When a detergent company wanted to test the smell of freshly laundered towels that had previously been mildewed, it couldn’t spend six months waiting for towels to naturally mold.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2022

Finding few books on library architecture that were not centuries-old and in a dead or mildewed language, he took the advice of a neighbor across the street, novelist Toni Morrison.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2022

At the wharf a fish packing plant exuded the odor of salmon bones, and the creosoted pilings of the state ferry terminal lay in among a fleet of mildewed boats.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson