dusty
dusty · dustier · dustiest
пильний, запорошений, курний, порошний
пыльный, порошкообразный, сероватый, запылённый
staubig
Covered with dustCovered with dust.
Meaning
6 sensesCovered with dust.
a dusty carpet
staubig
пы́льныйpýlʹnyj, запылённыйzapyljónnyj, запорошённыйzaporošónnyj
порошни́йporošnýj, пи́льнийpýlʹnyj, курни́йkurnýj
covered with a layer of dust
Powdery and resembling dust.
staubig
размельчённыйrazmelʹčónnyj, порошкообра́зныйporoškoobráznyj
Grey or greyish.
a dusty peach color
серова́тыйserovátyj, блёклыйbljóklyj
(figuratively)Old; outdated; stuffily traditional.
(slang)Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse).
(UK, slang)Ugly, unwell, inadequate, bad.
Examples
53 sentencesTranslations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
covered with dust:
Русский
By meaning 3
covered with dust:
powdery and resembling dust:
grey in parts:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
covered with dust:
Origin
From Middle English dusty, dusti, from Old English dūstiġ, dystiġ, dȳstiġ (“dusty”), equivFrom 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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Forms
dustier, dustiestSynonyms
5 synonymscovered with dust:dust-ridden
Close in meaning
- covered with a layer of dust:dust-covered
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new:coldstalemoth-eaten
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form