Word forms: comparative dustier, superlative dustiest
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If places, roads, or other things outside are dusty, they are covered with tiny bits of earth or sand, usually because it has not rained for a long time.
They started strolling down the dusty road in the moonlight.
...a dusty old car.
2. adjective
If a room, house, or object is dusty, it is covered with very small pieces of dirt.
...a dusty attic.
The books looked faded, dusty and unused.
Synonyms: dirty, grubby, unclean, unswept More Synonyms of dusty
More Synonyms of dusty
dusty in British English
(ˈdʌstɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: dustier or dustiest
1.
covered with or involving dust
2.
like dust in appearance or colour
3.
(of a colour) tinged with grey; pale
dusty pink
4. a dusty answer
5. not so dusty
Derived forms
dustily (ˈdustily)
adverb
dustiness (ˈdustiness)
noun
dusty in American English
(ˈdʌsti)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈdustier or ˈdustiest
1.
covered with dust; full of dust
2.
like dust; powdery
3.
muted with gray
said of a color
dusty pink
Derived forms
dustily (ˈdustily)
adverb
dustiness (ˈdustiness)
noun
Word origin
ME dusti < OE dustig
Examples of 'dusty' in a sentence
dusty
They sprinkle stardust on dusty old masters.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
It was a hot and dusty day.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
Then it was in a small dusty aisle at the back of the store.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They were walking in the dusty road.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
Shops were ripped open and their contents strewn through the dusty streets.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They planted trees for them along the dusty road.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Sheep and goats wander down its dusty streets.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
From a shelf he lifts down a rather dusty pink object which he carefully places on the table.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The attic is dusty, but the cellar is dirty.
Abercrombie, Stanley A Philosophy of Interior Design (1990)
They emerge grey and dusty but once peeled and sliced, the flavour is amazing.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Dusty pinks and pastel colours give a Fifties twist.
The Sun (2013)
At the bottom of the gorge was a Roman bridge over the river and a small dusty square shaded by a crowd of huge trees.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Here was a man walking alone, purposefully, down a long dusty road.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The story begins in a dusty attic where'a mysterious figure' announces herself as our narrator.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Appeal: This dusty pink colour looks as though it has been in the wrong wash.
The Sun (2009)
The attic might be dusty but the welcome given by the Ruby Dolls is gently buzzing with warmth.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Go carefully, though, and make sure you match with a moss green or dusty grey on woodwork and trims.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
dusty
British English: dusty /ˈdʌstɪ/ ADJECTIVE
Something that is dusty is covered with dust.
...a dusty room.
American English: dusty
Arabic: مُغَبَّر
Brazilian Portuguese: empoeirado
Chinese: 有灰尘的
Croatian: prašnjav
Czech: zaprášený
Danish: støvet
Dutch: stoffig
European Spanish: polvoriento
Finnish: pölyinen
French: poussiéreux
German: staubig
Greek: σκονισμένος
Italian: polveroso
Japanese: ほこりっぽい
Korean: 먼지투성이의
Norwegian: støvet
Polish: zakurzony
European Portuguese: empoeirado
Romanian: prăfuit
Russian: пыльный
Latin American Spanish: polvoriento
Swedish: dammig
Thai: ซึ่งปกคลุมไปด้วยฝุ่น
Turkish: tozlu
Ukrainian: запилений
Vietnamese: đầy bụi
All related terms of 'dusty'
dusty road
A road is a long piece of hard ground which is built between two places so that people can drive or ride easily from one place to the other.
dusty miller
a caryophyllaceous plant, Cerastium tomentosum, of SE Europe and Asia , having white flowers and downy stems and leaves: cultivated as a rock plant
not so dusty
not too bad; fairly well: often in response to the greeting how are you?
a dusty answer
an unhelpful or bad-tempered reply
snow-in-summer
a caryophyllaceous plant, Cerastium tomentosum, of SE Europe and Asia , having white flowers and downy stems and leaves: cultivated as a rock plant
rose campion
a European caryophyllaceous plant, Lychnis coronaria , widely cultivated for its pink flowers. Its stems and leaves are covered with white woolly down
Chinese translation of 'dusty'
dusty
(ˈdʌstɪ)
adj
满(滿)是尘(塵)土的 (mǎn shì chéntǔ de)
1 (adjective)
Definition
covered with dust
The books looked dusty and unused.
Synonyms
dirty
The woman had matted hair and dirty fingernails.
grubby
His white coat was grubby and stained.
unclean
By bathing in unclean water, they expose themselves to contamination.