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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | musty |
| Synonyms: | airless, dirty, funky, mildewed, mildewy, putrid, rotten, rotting, smelly, stale, stuffy |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decayed |
| Synonyms: | moldy, off, putrid, rancid, rotten, sour, spoiled |
| Notes: | badly is an adverb to describe an activity; bad is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | good, ok, undecayed |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oppressive, humid |
| Synonyms: | airless, breathless, choky, confined, fusty, heavy, moldy, motionless, muggy, musty, stagnant, stale, stale-smelling, sticky, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, sweltering, sweltry, thick, tight, uncomfortable, unventilated |
| Antonyms: | cool, dry |
| Main Entry: | dowdy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poorly dressed; old-fashioned |
| Synonyms: | antiquated, archaic, baggy, bedraggled, blowsy, bygone, dated, dingy, drab, dull, frowzy, frumpy, homely, moldy, old hat, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, passé, plain, run-down, scrubby, shabby, slatternly, sloppy, slovenly, stodgy, tacky, tasteless, unfashionable, unkempt, unseemly, unstylish, untidy, vintage, wrinkled |
| Antonyms: | chic, classy, fashionable, modern |
| Main Entry: | musty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stuffy, aged |
| Synonyms: | airless, ancient, antediluvian, antique, crumbling, dank, decayed, decrepit, dirty, dried-out, dry, fetid, filthy, frowzy, malodorous, mildewed, mildewy, moldy, moth-eaten, noisome, old, putrid, rotten, smelly, spoiled, squalid, stale, stuffy |
| Antonyms: | clean, clear, new, sweet-smelling |
| Main Entry: | obsolete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | no longer in use, in vogue |
| Synonyms: | anachronistic, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, dated, dead, dead and gone, dinosaur, discarded, disused, done for, dusty, extinct, fossil, gone, had it, has-been, horse and buggy, kaput, moldy, moth-eaten, old, old-fashioned, old-hat, old-school, out*, out-of-date, out-of-fashion, outmoded, outworn, passé, stale, superannuated, superseded, timeworn, unfashionable |
| Notes: | things that are no longer used or needed are obsolete; things that are becoming obsolete are obsolescent |
| Antonyms: | contemporary, current, in vogue, modern, new, present, up-to-date |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | odorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having fragrance |
| Synonyms: | aromatic, balmy, dank, effluvious, fetid, flavorsome, flowery, foul, fragrant, heady, honeyed, loud, malodorous, mephitic, miasmic, moldy, musty, nauseous, odoriferant, odoriferous, offensive, olfactive, olfactory, perfumatory, perfumed, perfumy, pungent, putrid, redolent, reeking, rotten, savorous, savory, scent-laden, scented, scentful, skunky, smelly, spicy, stagnant, stale, stinking, strong, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, tumaceous, unsavory, whiffy |
| Notes: | odoriferous means 'having an odor or fragrance' while odorous refers to something smelly |
| Antonyms: | odorless |
| Main Entry: | old-fashioned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | antiquated |
| Synonyms: | ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, behind the times, behind the times, bygone, corny*, dated, dead*, demoded, disapproved, dowdy, démodé, extinct, grown old, moldy, musty, neglected, not current, not modern, not with it, obsolescent, obsolete, obsolete, odd*, of old, of olden days, of the old school, of the old school, old, old-fangled, old-hat, old-time, olden, oldfangled, out of it, out of style, out*, out-of-date, out-of-style, outdated, outmoded, outmoded, outworn, passé, passé, past, primitive, rococo, superannuated, unfashionable, unstylish, vintage |
| Antonyms: | contemporary, current, in vogue, modern, new |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outmoded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obsolete, old-fashioned |
| Synonyms: | anachronistic, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, behind the times, bent, bygone, dated, dead, dinosaur, disused, démodé, extinct, fossilized, has-been, horse and buggy, moldy, moth-eaten, musty, obsolescent, obsolete, old-hat, old-time, olden, out, out-of-date, out-of-style, outworn, passé, superannuated, superseded, tired, unfashionable, unstylish, unusable, vintage |
| Antonyms: | current, modern, new, new-fangled, popular, up-to-date |
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