musty
adjective /ˈmʌsti/
/ˈmʌsti/
(comparative mustier, superlative mustiest)
- smelling wet and unpleasant because of a lack of fresh air synonym dank
- a musty room
- a musty smell of old books
- These clothes smell musty.
Extra Examples- The hallway was musty and dark.
- The old library smelt musty with disuse.
- There was a damp, musty smell in the room.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMusty is used with these nouns:- attic
- odour
- smell
- …
Word Originearly 16th cent.: perhaps an alteration of moisty ‘moist’.