fusty

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore F words

smelling stale and musty from age or lack of fresh air

In a sentence

Fusty in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing fusty in a sentence.

The fusty attic reeked of old paper and damp wool.

Synonyms

mustystalestuffy

Antonyms

freshairyfragrant

Keep going

to make up something false in order to deceive

a deliberately false statement or invented account intended to mislead

a person who invents elaborate or untruthful stories

treating serious matters with inappropriate or flippant humor

achieved too easily and therefore superficial or shallow

to make an action or process easier or more achievable

a small, organized group within a larger one, especially one that is in opposition

inclined to form rival groups and provoke internal dissent

Common questions

Fusty (adjective) means smelling stale and musty from age or lack of fresh air

Here is fusty used in an example sentence: "The fusty attic reeked of old paper and damp wool."

Common synonyms for fusty include musty, stale, stuffy.

Antonyms of fusty include fresh, airy, fragrant.

Fusty is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.