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Some common synonyms of musty are fetid, fusty, malodorous, noisome, putrid, rank, and stinking. While all these words mean "bad-smelling," fusty and musty suggest lack of fresh air and sunlight, fusty also implying prolonged uncleanliness, musty stressing the effects of dampness, mildew, or age.
- The synonyms malodorous and musty are sometimes interchangeable, but malodorous may range from the unpleasant to the strongly offensive. // malodor...
- While in some cases nearly identical to musty, noisome adds a suggestion of being harmful or unwholesome as well as offensive. // a stagnant, noiso...
- The words putrid and musty are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, putrid implies particularly the sickening odor of decaying organic...
- Although the words rank and musty have much in common, rank suggests a strong unpleasant smell. // rank cigar smoke
- Both stinking and fetid suggest the foul or disgusting. // prisoners were held in stinking cells // the fetid odor of skunk cabbage
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Synonyms for MUSTY in English: stale, stuffy, airless, decayed, smelly, dank, mouldy, fusty, mildewed, frowsty, ….
