dusty.
Covered with dust.
Meaning & usage
Covered with dust.
a dusty carpet
Powdery and resembling dust.
Grey or greyish.
a dusty peach color
Old; outdated; stuffily traditional.
Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse).
Ugly, unwell, inadequate, bad.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English dusty, dusti, from Old English dūstiġ, dystiġ, dȳstiġ (“dusty”), equivalent to dust + -y. Cognate with Dutch donzig (“cottony, downy, woolly”), German dunstig (“hazy, misty”).
A medium-brown color.
An old bottle of spirits that has been kept for a long time.
A miller (from the image of millers being covered in flour dust).
A supply petty officer.
A recording of music from another era, especially R&B; an oldie.
An old person, especially one who is unwilling to change with the times.
A person of mixed race who has a swarthy complexion.
A migrant farmer from the dustbowl.
A dustman.
A duststorm.
A clump of dust; a dust bunny.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English dusty, dusti, from Old English dūstiġ, dystiġ, dȳstiġ (“dusty”), equivalent to dust + -y. Cognate with Dutch donzig (“cottony, downy, woolly”), German dunstig (“hazy, misty”).
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