mouldy

Speech parts

1. mouldy - Adjective

3. mouldy - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Overgrown with, or containing, mold; as, moldy cheese or bread.

See Mold, Molder, Moldy, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

moldy musty old-fashioned moss rusty old rotten rancid sargasso ancient rank bad dated aged corrupt
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Antonyms

callow new modern recent chic advanced
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Related terms

mould

Phrases with the word

go mouldy

Derivatives

mouldier mouldiest

Examples

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you. Muhammad Ali

I'm like a good cheese. I'm just getting mouldy enough to be interesting. Paul Newman

Maybe if he did really well they'd give him some mouldy apples. Rick Riordan

Than a successive title long and dark, Drawn from the mouldy rolls of Noah's ark. John Dryden

I was around 15 when I first wanted to compete in an Olympics. I even remember the first time I got to wear a GB kit as a junior. I've even kept it. It's in my mum's loft somewhere, probably gone mouldy by now. Jessica Ennis

I shout at the radio when someone starts talking over the end of a song. Shut up! I don't want to hear that the DJ has just found a mouldy sandwich in the corner of the studio. Nor do I like it when the magic of something you're watching is shattered by an advert for Argos. Jessica Brown Findlay

Close letter words and terms

mouldproof Mouldsworth mouldwarp moule mouli moulid