Translations for „fusty“ in the English » German Dictionary

fus·ty [ˈfʌsti] ADJ pej

1. fusty (musty):

fusty smell, room

muffig inf

2. fusty fig (old-fashioned):

fusty

verstaubt fig, oft pej

fusty people

altmodisch

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That can't help but change perceptions that we're all fusty old people in wigs.

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This is no fusty, dusty exhibition nor is it pretentious.

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It's a smart allegorical private-eye yarn set in an ominous, fusty world dominated by sentient fungi.

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The most common sensory defects were flavors and aromas described as rancid, fusty or muddy, and musty.

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This season though, the tailored two-piece has shaken off its fusty reputation.

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In actual fact, you're more likely to rise to the top in fusty public sector institutions.

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But many ed schools are fusty, politicized institutions that seem designed to turn out reliable teachers' -union members rather than reliable educators.

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The upstairs carpets were strewn with fusty bath towels, books and clothes that never found their way into wardrobes.

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But the following week the church press was full of commentators deploring the use of fusty words.

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By 1906, the fort had fallen into neglect; one author commenting in this year talked of the repulsive-looking barracks, so grim and grotesque, and smelling so damp and fusty.

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