Definition of dusty Dusty

/dʌˈsti/ - [dustee] - dust•y

We found 8 definitions of dusty from 4 different sources.

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What does dusty mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

dusty, dustier, dustiest

dusty - covered with a layer of dust; "a dusty pile of books"
  dust-covered
  covered overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"
dusty - lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"
  cold, stale, moth-eaten
  unoriginal not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • dusty (Adjective)
    Covered with dust.
  • dusty (Adjective)
    powdery and resembling dust.
  • dusty (Adjective)
    gray/ grey in parts.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • dusty (superl.)
    Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust.
  • dusty (superl.)
    Like dust; of the color of dust; as a dusty white.

Part of speech

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  • dusty, adjective.

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