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stale-smelling

ADJECTIVE
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Synonyms
STRONGEST
tight
STRONG
choky confined heavy stale stifling suffocating sweltering thick
WEAK
airless breathless fusty moldy motionless muggy musty stagnant sticky stuffy sultry sweltry uncomfortable unventilated
Antonyms
WEAK
cool dry

Example Sentences

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What is certain is that its airiness is a delight when I pull off the stale-smelling N95 protective mask I must wear to go out for coffee.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2020

William gave Lovey a perfunctory stale-smelling peck on the cheek.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 30, 2013

Prowling through moldy basements or the stale-smelling racks of castoffs at the Salvation Army takes work and an unexpected degree of passion and also possibly a hand-hewn clothespin clipped to one’s nose.

From New York Times • May 12, 2010

The Beatles were still relative unknowns playing stale-smelling dives in Liverpool, and Bob Dylan was staring hopefully into the spotlights at Greenwich Village folk clubs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then I crawl into the dark, stale-smelling crevice, and pull the board back into place behind me.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu