rusty

Speech parts

1. rusty - Noun

2. rusty - Adjective

4. rusty - Adjective Satellite

5. Rusty - Proper noun

Meaning

Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.

Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect.

Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.

Surly; morose; crusty; sullen.

Rust-colored; dark.

Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.

Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

out of practice hoary obsolete oxidized rust stale corroded rust-colored old-fashioned neolithic auburn auld carnation chestnut damask
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Antonyms

new modern active chic advanced contemporary
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Phrases with the word

better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail become rusty rusty steel get rusty getting rusty rusty-tailed flycatcher

Derivatives

rustier rustiest

Anagrams

Tyrus

Examples

I really look at my childhood as being one giant rusty tuna can that I continue to recycle in many different shapes. Augusten Burroughs

There rise her timeless capitals of empires daily born, whose plinths are laid at midnight and whose streets are packed at morn and here come tired youths and maids that feign to love or sin in tones like rusty razor blades to tunes like smitten tin. Rudyard Kipling

Thank goodness for all the things you are not! Thank goodness you're not something someone forgot, and left all alone in some punkerish place like a rusty tin coat hanger hanging in space. Dr. Seuss

Advice sharpens a rusty opinion. Arabic Proverb

Rest makes rusty. Dutch Proverb

May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

rustre rustred rustumite rusty blackbird rusty dusty rusty grackle