Dictionary Entry
rusty
rusty is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.
- 2superlative
Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect.
- 3superlative
Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.
- 4superlative
Surly; morose; crusty; sullen.
- 5superlative
Rust-colored; dark.
- 6superlative
Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.
- 7superlative
Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.
- 8adjective
of the brown color of rust
Synonyms
- 9adjective
ancient
"hoary jokes"
Synonyms
- 10adjective
covered with or consisting of rust
"a rusty machine"
"rusty deposits"
- 11adjective
impaired in skill by neglect
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