musty
adjective
having an odor or flavor suggestive of mold, as old buildings, long-closed rooms, or stale food.
mustiness
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a word derived from
musty.
Example Sentences
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Instead of damp mustiness, it smells of, well, tourists.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2016
Yech,” posted another, Julie M., who used a chamber in New York and wrote that she “couldn’t stand the mustiness after about 15 min so left early.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2015
A distinct air of mustiness clings to this work, in which long-winded, sometimes bantering dialogue works methodically toward a heartstring-yanking ending.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2015
The chemical compound is caused by a natural fungus in cork that takes only the smallest trace to impart an overpowering mustiness in wines, likened to everything from a wet pooch to sweaty gym socks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2014
The smell was still there al though now it was more of mold and mustiness.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
