Rusty Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Rusty

Of, containing, or having the nature of, iron

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Out of use or practice; rusty.

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Having the disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats; rank.

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reasty

(Obsolete, UK, dialect) rusty and rancid; applied to salt meat

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of the brown color of rust

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Moldy or musty.

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Coloured by adding a pigment

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Deprived of color, or given the wrong color; pale, stained.

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Lacking the benefit of experience; unskilled.

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Not used

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Damaged by corrosion.

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out-of-practice

(Of a person) Diminished in proficiency, especially in exercising a skill, due to disuse or a lack of recent experience.

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out-of-shape

(Idiomatic) physically unfit

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Covered with grayish hair or pubescence:

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Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.

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Worn down or worn away.

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Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.

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rubiginous

Rust-colored; reddish-brown

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Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.

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rust-brown

of the brown color of rust

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Suffering from neglect.

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Not stern; lenient:

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seruginous

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Antonyms for Rusty

Endowed with one or more talents.

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The definition of experienced is a person with training, knowledge or who has participated in something.

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Skilled or expert; proficient:

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Words Related to Rusty

Morally corrupt or offensive; dishonest, open to bribery, etc.

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Crumblike; consisting of crumbs or small particles

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Lacking in vigour or expression.

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rattly

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A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)

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Find another word for rusty. In this page you can discover 38 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for rusty, like: ferruginous, musty, rancid, reasty, rust, rotten, fusty, stained, discolored, crumbly and unpracticed.