Definition of dusty in English:

dusty

adjectivedustier, dustiest ˈdʌstiˈdəsti

1Covered with, full of, or resembling dust.
dusty old records
a hot, dusty road
Example sentencesExamples
- My closets are full of rolls of dusty concert posters in foreign languages.
- This script, dusty, dirty, covered with filth, is my most prized possession, my only companion.
- The fireplace is dusty inside and covered with the webs of spiders that made their homes in its corners.
- Off to the side of a dusty gravel road, a car plastered with election stickers begs the curious to stop.
- They emerged in the dusty, cobwebbed cellar full of old crates and barrels.
- It was very dusty, and was covered in wood shavings, giving it a feel and smell like a high school shop classroom.
- As I glanced up a round, balding man was hurrying toward me, wiping his pale hands on a dusty apron.
- On a return visit I noticed the spaces on the shelves had been refilled with more, equally dusty, bottles.
- Inside the tent it was dusty, somehow the dust was coming through the nylon.
- The video ends with a view of the stove, dusty and full of ashes, where the ballots will be burned.
- All of the tables and chairs were covered in dusty old sheets and blankets.
- The box room at home quickly became a sound library and every available inch was taken up with dusty old records.
- The dusty road was covered with small rocks and it seemed to go straight up the side of the mountain.
- There were two windows near the front door, and dusty, old blinds covered them so no light got in.
- The dusty canvas that covered it was worn through in several places, leaving small holes in the fabric.
- I expected the attic to be dusty, and full of old stuff that wasn't used anymore, but it wasn't.
- I flew thousands of miles from somewhere hot and dusty to cover a story in a place where there was pain, grief, death and fear.
- His ground floor office was much as you would expect - a dusty edifice full of old books and even older carpeting.
- Bagged cement is manufactured in a dusty environment and surface dust makes bags slippery.
- I cleaned the glass coffee table, dusted all the dusty spots, and then scrubbed the stove.
Synonyms
dirty, grimy, grubby, unclean, soiled, begrimed, befouled, mucky, sooty, stained, smudged, spotty
dust-covered, dust-filled, undusted
informal grungy, cruddy
British informal manky, grotty, gungy
Australian/New Zealand informal scungy
literary besmirched
powdery, crumbly, chalky, friable
granulated, granular, gritty, sandy
1. 1.1 (of a colour) dull or muted.
  patches of pale gold and dusty pink
  Example sentencesExamples
  She chose dusty pink color this time and faded that into a silver color.
  Focusing on soft pastels, Smith also sent a compelling range of leather trousers in dusty pink and black down the catwalk.
  Remember, all-over dusty pink chiffon looks too flat, but teaming it with leaf green lifts it.
  Keep it loose and wispy over dusty coloured, patterned dresses and skirts, or soft worn-in jeans.
  A houndstooth wool anchored the season, with touches of dusty rose and pale lemon.
  We all look at the huge dusty pink crayfish still wriggling their legs.
  All of his clothes were colored to match the dusty hues of the sand on Malchishua.
  Get close enough to see its pale and dusty blue bloom and you get a lovely whiff of the Mediterranean.
  The blooms of this variety are dusty pink on the back of the petals and greenish on the inside with pale, dull yellow stamens.
  Madame sighed and lifted the hem of her long, dusty rose pink dress out of the snow with her free hand.
  I go back to the gate to eat my scone, which is a creepy dusty rose colour, and also just gross.
  She wore a vest like corset that was a darker pink with ribbon that crisscrossed in front showing the dusty pink top.
  In consequence the autumn colours are muted, just soft dusty yellows for the most part.
  Now the dusty beige surface of the mosque wall is nearly invisible under the black of death announcements.
  The strips of clouds around the glow were a dusty pink, the sky above the still dotted with fading stars.
  Light to medium shades of brunette would do well with mauve pinks or pinks that have a dusty or brown undertone.
  She noticed that his skin was a pale, dusty white and his breath was shallow.
  The ceiling arched up to a height of thirty meters, and the entire room was a pale, dusty cream colour.
  Her gown, once a dusty shade of pink, had been dirtied by the dust of the plunder and turned a faded brown.
  He had a light complexion and dusty blonde hair that suggested he was from somewhere in Europe.
  Synonyms
  muted, dull, flat, faded, pale, pastel, subtle, restrained
  greyish, darkish, dirty
2. 1.2 Staid and uninteresting.
  a dusty old bore
  Example sentencesExamples
  This particular editor saw genius in the works where meticulous historical research combined with a quality of writing that breathed new life into the dusty genre of ‘historical fiction.’
  My crown is off to them but the movie is a little dusty and more than a little dull.
  But with the right attitude, lectures do not have to be dusty, dull affairs.
  His parents are so dull and dusty, you wonder whether he was a foundling.
  There is nothing dull and dusty about any of the attractions and there are plenty of opportunities for hands-on experiences.

Phrases

a dusty answer

A curt and unhelpful reply.
Example sentencesExamples
- Anyone who did approach us would be given a dusty answer.
- But wanting a game console and a mobile phone for a birthday got a pretty dusty answer.
- The SSP's representative raising this point in debate, received a dusty answer from the First Minister about not running to Westminster ‘every time we have a nose-bleed’.
- They tried to force a political blueprint on to the North East and they got a dusty answer.
Synonyms
curt, abrupt, terse, brusque, blunt, short, clipped, snappy, snappish, sharp, crisp, tart, gruff, offhand, ungracious, rude, impolite, discourteous, bad-tempered

not so dusty

dated, informal (of a person's health or situation) fairly good.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Life's not so dusty after all,’ Mary said returning his hug. ‘We still have our comforts and its not so long till our birthdays and we can retire on our pension.’

Derivatives

dustily

adverb

The moon lighted the street dustily not particularly aided by the lamp posts, half of which were broken and half of which gave out a weak pale light.
Example sentencesExamples
- Old and young alike emerge dustily from the scrum, flourishing their trophies.
- And when it's not keeping you dry it's always ready as a ‘perhaps bag’, for those times when you're passing an open tray of small, dustily tempting treasures outside a junk shop and you've pocket money left over.
- When he had a good-sized bouquet, he wriggled into the hole and back through the craggy tunnels, coming out - a little dustily - in the cave where the hospital had been built.
- Inside, sunlight filtered dustily through rows of high windows and settled over the empty pews.

dustiness

noun ˈdʌstɪnəsˈdəstinəs

I don't get the licorice or the dustiness, but the rest is right on the mark.
Example sentencesExamples
- It has blackberry flavors and a nice tannic dustiness, with plenty of acid and none of the flaws that distinguish cheap wine: It isn't lopsided, or boring, or flabby, or insipid.
- There was nothing to indicate this place had been shut up for most of the past year: except that - was it just my imagination, or was there a hint of mustiness or dustiness in the air?
- Summer is great, especially early summer when everything is still lush and fresh and green, and hasn't taken on the washed out dustiness of July and August, when the countryside seems a little tired and limp.
- But with such encyclopaedic resources, some dustiness of tone is perhaps inevitable.

Rhymes

bustee, busty, crusty, fusty, gusty, lusty, musty, rusty, trusty

Definition of dusty in US English:

dusty

adjectiveˈdəstēˈdəsti

1Covered with, full of, or resembling dust.
dusty old records
a hot, dusty road
Example sentencesExamples
- It was very dusty, and was covered in wood shavings, giving it a feel and smell like a high school shop classroom.
- The fireplace is dusty inside and covered with the webs of spiders that made their homes in its corners.
- The box room at home quickly became a sound library and every available inch was taken up with dusty old records.
- There were two windows near the front door, and dusty, old blinds covered them so no light got in.
- The video ends with a view of the stove, dusty and full of ashes, where the ballots will be burned.
- The dusty road was covered with small rocks and it seemed to go straight up the side of the mountain.
- I cleaned the glass coffee table, dusted all the dusty spots, and then scrubbed the stove.
- My closets are full of rolls of dusty concert posters in foreign languages.
- This script, dusty, dirty, covered with filth, is my most prized possession, my only companion.
- His ground floor office was much as you would expect - a dusty edifice full of old books and even older carpeting.
- As I glanced up a round, balding man was hurrying toward me, wiping his pale hands on a dusty apron.
- The dusty canvas that covered it was worn through in several places, leaving small holes in the fabric.
- Bagged cement is manufactured in a dusty environment and surface dust makes bags slippery.
- I flew thousands of miles from somewhere hot and dusty to cover a story in a place where there was pain, grief, death and fear.
- On a return visit I noticed the spaces on the shelves had been refilled with more, equally dusty, bottles.
- I expected the attic to be dusty, and full of old stuff that wasn't used anymore, but it wasn't.
- They emerged in the dusty, cobwebbed cellar full of old crates and barrels.
- Off to the side of a dusty gravel road, a car plastered with election stickers begs the curious to stop.
- All of the tables and chairs were covered in dusty old sheets and blankets.
- Inside the tent it was dusty, somehow the dust was coming through the nylon.
Synonyms
dirty, grimy, grubby, unclean, soiled, begrimed, befouled, mucky, sooty, stained, smudged, spotty
powdery, crumbly, chalky, friable
1. 1.1 (of a color) dull or muted.
  patches of pale gold and dusty pink
  Example sentencesExamples
  The ceiling arched up to a height of thirty meters, and the entire room was a pale, dusty cream colour.
  He had a light complexion and dusty blonde hair that suggested he was from somewhere in Europe.
  She noticed that his skin was a pale, dusty white and his breath was shallow.
  Keep it loose and wispy over dusty coloured, patterned dresses and skirts, or soft worn-in jeans.
  Get close enough to see its pale and dusty blue bloom and you get a lovely whiff of the Mediterranean.
  All of his clothes were colored to match the dusty hues of the sand on Malchishua.
  Light to medium shades of brunette would do well with mauve pinks or pinks that have a dusty or brown undertone.
  Madame sighed and lifted the hem of her long, dusty rose pink dress out of the snow with her free hand.
  Her gown, once a dusty shade of pink, had been dirtied by the dust of the plunder and turned a faded brown.
  Now the dusty beige surface of the mosque wall is nearly invisible under the black of death announcements.
  In consequence the autumn colours are muted, just soft dusty yellows for the most part.
  A houndstooth wool anchored the season, with touches of dusty rose and pale lemon.
  Remember, all-over dusty pink chiffon looks too flat, but teaming it with leaf green lifts it.
  The strips of clouds around the glow were a dusty pink, the sky above the still dotted with fading stars.
  Focusing on soft pastels, Smith also sent a compelling range of leather trousers in dusty pink and black down the catwalk.
  The blooms of this variety are dusty pink on the back of the petals and greenish on the inside with pale, dull yellow stamens.
  She chose dusty pink color this time and faded that into a silver color.
  We all look at the huge dusty pink crayfish still wriggling their legs.
  I go back to the gate to eat my scone, which is a creepy dusty rose colour, and also just gross.
  She wore a vest like corset that was a darker pink with ribbon that crisscrossed in front showing the dusty pink top.
  Synonyms
  muted, dull, flat, faded, pale, pastel, subtle, restrained
2. 1.2 Staid and uninteresting.
  a dusty old bore
  Example sentencesExamples
  But with the right attitude, lectures do not have to be dusty, dull affairs.
  My crown is off to them but the movie is a little dusty and more than a little dull.
  This particular editor saw genius in the works where meticulous historical research combined with a quality of writing that breathed new life into the dusty genre of ‘historical fiction.’
  His parents are so dull and dusty, you wonder whether he was a foundling.
  There is nothing dull and dusty about any of the attractions and there are plenty of opportunities for hands-on experiences.

单词	dusty
释义	Definition of dusty in English: dusty adjectivedustier, dustiest ˈdʌstiˈdəsti 1Covered with, full of, or resembling dust. dusty old records a hot, dusty road Example sentencesExamples My closets are full of rolls of dusty concert posters in foreign languages. This script, dusty, dirty, covered with filth, is my most prized possession, my only companion. The fireplace is dusty inside and covered with the webs of spiders that made their homes in its corners. Off to the side of a dusty gravel road, a car plastered with election stickers begs the curious to stop. They emerged in the dusty, cobwebbed cellar full of old crates and barrels. It was very dusty, and was covered in wood shavings, giving it a feel and smell like a high school shop classroom. As I glanced up a round, balding man was hurrying toward me, wiping his pale hands on a dusty apron. On a return visit I noticed the spaces on the shelves had been refilled with more, equally dusty, bottles. Inside the tent it was dusty, somehow the dust was coming through the nylon. The video ends with a view of the stove, dusty and full of ashes, where the ballots will be burned. All of the tables and chairs were covered in dusty old sheets and blankets. The box room at home quickly became a sound library and every available inch was taken up with dusty old records. The dusty road was covered with small rocks and it seemed to go straight up the side of the mountain. There were two windows near the front door, and dusty, old blinds covered them so no light got in. The dusty canvas that covered it was worn through in several places, leaving small holes in the fabric. I expected the attic to be dusty, and full of old stuff that wasn't used anymore, but it wasn't. I flew thousands of miles from somewhere hot and dusty to cover a story in a place where there was pain, grief, death and fear. His ground floor office was much as you would expect - a dusty edifice full of old books and even older carpeting. Bagged cement is manufactured in a dusty environment and surface dust makes bags slippery. I cleaned the glass coffee table, dusted all the dusty spots, and then scrubbed the stove. Synonyms dirty, grimy, grubby, unclean, soiled, begrimed, befouled, mucky, sooty, stained, smudged, spotty dust-covered, dust-filled, undusted informal grungy, cruddy British informal manky, grotty, gungy Australian/New Zealand informal scungy literary besmirched powdery, crumbly, chalky, friable granulated, granular, gritty, sandy 1.1 (of a colour) dull or muted. patches of pale gold and dusty pink Example sentencesExamples She chose dusty pink color this time and faded that into a silver color. Focusing on soft pastels, Smith also sent a compelling range of leather trousers in dusty pink and black down the catwalk. Remember, all-over dusty pink chiffon looks too flat, but teaming it with leaf green lifts it. Keep it loose and wispy over dusty coloured, patterned dresses and skirts, or soft worn-in jeans. A houndstooth wool anchored the season, with touches of dusty rose and pale lemon. We all look at the huge dusty pink crayfish still wriggling their legs. All of his clothes were colored to match the dusty hues of the sand on Malchishua. Get close enough to see its pale and dusty blue bloom and you get a lovely whiff of the Mediterranean. The blooms of this variety are dusty pink on the back of the petals and greenish on the inside with pale, dull yellow stamens. Madame sighed and lifted the hem of her long, dusty rose pink dress out of the snow with her free hand. I go back to the gate to eat my scone, which is a creepy dusty rose colour, and also just gross. She wore a vest like corset that was a darker pink with ribbon that crisscrossed in front showing the dusty pink top. In consequence the autumn colours are muted, just soft dusty yellows for the most part. Now the dusty beige surface of the mosque wall is nearly invisible under the black of death announcements. The strips of clouds around the glow were a dusty pink, the sky above the still dotted with fading stars. Light to medium shades of brunette would do well with mauve pinks or pinks that have a dusty or brown undertone. She noticed that his skin was a pale, dusty white and his breath was shallow. The ceiling arched up to a height of thirty meters, and the entire room was a pale, dusty cream colour. Her gown, once a dusty shade of pink, had been dirtied by the dust of the plunder and turned a faded brown. He had a light complexion and dusty blonde hair that suggested he was from somewhere in Europe. Synonyms muted, dull, flat, faded, pale, pastel, subtle, restrained greyish, darkish, dirty 1.2 Staid and uninteresting. a dusty old bore Example sentencesExamples This particular editor saw genius in the works where meticulous historical research combined with a quality of writing that breathed new life into the dusty genre of ‘historical fiction.’ My crown is off to them but the movie is a little dusty and more than a little dull. But with the right attitude, lectures do not have to be dusty, dull affairs. His parents are so dull and dusty, you wonder whether he was a foundling. There is nothing dull and dusty about any of the attractions and there are plenty of opportunities for hands-on experiences. Phrases a dusty answer A curt and unhelpful reply. Example sentencesExamples Anyone who did approach us would be given a dusty answer. But wanting a game console and a mobile phone for a birthday got a pretty dusty answer. The SSP's representative raising this point in debate, received a dusty answer from the First Minister about not running to Westminster ‘every time we have a nose-bleed’. They tried to force a political blueprint on to the North East and they got a dusty answer. Synonyms curt, abrupt, terse, brusque, blunt, short, clipped, snappy, snappish, sharp, crisp, tart, gruff, offhand, ungracious, rude, impolite, discourteous, bad-tempered not so dusty dated, informal (of a person's health or situation) fairly good. Example sentencesExamples ‘Life's not so dusty after all,’ Mary said returning his hug. ‘We still have our comforts and its not so long till our birthdays and we can retire on our pension.’ Derivatives dustily adverb The moon lighted the street dustily not particularly aided by the lamp posts, half of which were broken and half of which gave out a weak pale light. Example sentencesExamples Old and young alike emerge dustily from the scrum, flourishing their trophies. And when it's not keeping you dry it's always ready as a ‘perhaps bag’, for those times when you're passing an open tray of small, dustily tempting treasures outside a junk shop and you've pocket money left over. When he had a good-sized bouquet, he wriggled into the hole and back through the craggy tunnels, coming out - a little dustily - in the cave where the hospital had been built. Inside, sunlight filtered dustily through rows of high windows and settled over the empty pews. dustiness noun ˈdʌstɪnəsˈdəstinəs I don't get the licorice or the dustiness, but the rest is right on the mark. Example sentencesExamples It has blackberry flavors and a nice tannic dustiness, with plenty of acid and none of the flaws that distinguish cheap wine: It isn't lopsided, or boring, or flabby, or insipid. There was nothing to indicate this place had been shut up for most of the past year: except that - was it just my imagination, or was there a hint of mustiness or dustiness in the air? Summer is great, especially early summer when everything is still lush and fresh and green, and hasn't taken on the washed out dustiness of July and August, when the countryside seems a little tired and limp. But with such encyclopaedic resources, some dustiness of tone is perhaps inevitable. Rhymes bustee, busty, crusty, fusty, gusty, lusty, musty, rusty, trusty adj.1 phr. Definition of dusty in US English: dusty adjectiveˈdəstēˈdəsti 1Covered with, full of, or resembling dust. dusty old records a hot, dusty road Example sentencesExamples It was very dusty, and was covered in wood shavings, giving it a feel and smell like a high school shop classroom. The fireplace is dusty inside and covered with the webs of spiders that made their homes in its corners. The box room at home quickly became a sound library and every available inch was taken up with dusty old records. There were two windows near the front door, and dusty, old blinds covered them so no light got in. The video ends with a view of the stove, dusty and full of ashes, where the ballots will be burned. The dusty road was covered with small rocks and it seemed to go straight up the side of the mountain. I cleaned the glass coffee table, dusted all the dusty spots, and then scrubbed the stove. My closets are full of rolls of dusty concert posters in foreign languages. This script, dusty, dirty, covered with filth, is my most prized possession, my only companion. His ground floor office was much as you would expect - a dusty edifice full of old books and even older carpeting. As I glanced up a round, balding man was hurrying toward me, wiping his pale hands on a dusty apron. The dusty canvas that covered it was worn through in several places, leaving small holes in the fabric. Bagged cement is manufactured in a dusty environment and surface dust makes bags slippery. I flew thousands of miles from somewhere hot and dusty to cover a story in a place where there was pain, grief, death and fear. On a return visit I noticed the spaces on the shelves had been refilled with more, equally dusty, bottles. I expected the attic to be dusty, and full of old stuff that wasn't used anymore, but it wasn't. They emerged in the dusty, cobwebbed cellar full of old crates and barrels. Off to the side of a dusty gravel road, a car plastered with election stickers begs the curious to stop. All of the tables and chairs were covered in dusty old sheets and blankets. Inside the tent it was dusty, somehow the dust was coming through the nylon. Synonyms dirty, grimy, grubby, unclean, soiled, begrimed, befouled, mucky, sooty, stained, smudged, spotty powdery, crumbly, chalky, friable 1.1 (of a color) dull or muted. patches of pale gold and dusty pink Example sentencesExamples The ceiling arched up to a height of thirty meters, and the entire room was a pale, dusty cream colour. He had a light complexion and dusty blonde hair that suggested he was from somewhere in Europe. She noticed that his skin was a pale, dusty white and his breath was shallow. Keep it loose and wispy over dusty coloured, patterned dresses and skirts, or soft worn-in jeans. Get close enough to see its pale and dusty blue bloom and you get a lovely whiff of the Mediterranean. All of his clothes were colored to match the dusty hues of the sand on Malchishua. Light to medium shades of brunette would do well with mauve pinks or pinks that have a dusty or brown undertone. Madame sighed and lifted the hem of her long, dusty rose pink dress out of the snow with her free hand. Her gown, once a dusty shade of pink, had been dirtied by the dust of the plunder and turned a faded brown. Now the dusty beige surface of the mosque wall is nearly invisible under the black of death announcements. In consequence the autumn colours are muted, just soft dusty yellows for the most part. A houndstooth wool anchored the season, with touches of dusty rose and pale lemon. Remember, all-over dusty pink chiffon looks too flat, but teaming it with leaf green lifts it. The strips of clouds around the glow were a dusty pink, the sky above the still dotted with fading stars. Focusing on soft pastels, Smith also sent a compelling range of leather trousers in dusty pink and black down the catwalk. The blooms of this variety are dusty pink on the back of the petals and greenish on the inside with pale, dull yellow stamens. She chose dusty pink color this time and faded that into a silver color. We all look at the huge dusty pink crayfish still wriggling their legs. I go back to the gate to eat my scone, which is a creepy dusty rose colour, and also just gross. She wore a vest like corset that was a darker pink with ribbon that crisscrossed in front showing the dusty pink top. Synonyms muted, dull, flat, faded, pale, pastel, subtle, restrained 1.2 Staid and uninteresting. a dusty old bore Example sentencesExamples But with the right attitude, lectures do not have to be dusty, dull affairs. My crown is off to them but the movie is a little dusty and more than a little dull. This particular editor saw genius in the works where meticulous historical research combined with a quality of writing that breathed new life into the dusty genre of ‘historical fiction.’ His parents are so dull and dusty, you wonder whether he was a foundling. There is nothing dull and dusty about any of the attractions and there are plenty of opportunities for hands-on experiences.
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