dusty | Definition of dusty

Synonyms and Antonyms of dusty

1 consisting of very small particles

dusty soil

Synonyms of dusty

fine, floury, powdery

Words Related to dusty

filtered, pulverized, refined

superfine, ultrafine

Near Antonyms of dusty

unfiltered, unrefined

gravelly, gritty, sandy

pebbly, rocky, stony (also stoney)

Antonyms of dusty

coarse, grainy, granular, granulated

2 not clean

old dusty clothes

Synonyms of dusty

bedraggled, befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, black, blackened, cruddy, dingy, dirty, draggled, filthy, foul, grimy, grotty [chiefly British], grubby, grungy, mucky, muddy, nasty, smudged, smutty, soiled, sordid, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly

Words Related to dusty

contaminated, defiled, germy, impure, polluted, tainted

insanitary, uncleaned, unsanitary, unsterile, unsterilized, unwashed

chaotic, cluttered, confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, jumbled, littered, messed, messy, muddled, mussed, mussy, rumpled, scruffy, sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy

raunchy, scuzzy [slang], shabby, skanky [slang], sleazy, squalid

collied [chiefly British dialect], crocked [dialect], fuliginous, sooty

Near Antonyms of dusty

clear, limpid, pure

cleaned, cleansed, combed, groomed, neat, ordered, orderly, tidy

bleached, purified, whitened

bright, flawless, perfect, shiny, sparkling, unspotted, untouched

taintless, unblemished, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted, virgin, wholesome

Antonyms of dusty

clean, cleanly, immaculate, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, stainless, ultraclean, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied

3 causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest

I almost fell asleep reading that dusty book of memoirs

Synonyms of dusty

arid, boring, colorless, drab, dreary, drudging, dry, dull, flat, heavy, ho-hum, humdrum, jading, jejune, leaden, mind-numbing, monochromatic, monotonous, numbing, old, pedestrian, ponderous, slow, stale,