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mouldy

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mould·y  (mld)
adj. Chiefly British
Variant of moldy.

mouldy US, moldy [ˈməʊldɪ]
adj mouldier, mouldiest US, moldier moldiest
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) covered with mould
2. stale or musty, esp from age or lack of use
3. Slang boring; dull
mouldiness  US, moldiness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.mouldymouldy - covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor"
stale - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"

mouldy
Translations
mouldy moldy (US) [ˈməʊldɪ] ADJ (mouldier (compar) (mouldiest (superl)))
1. (= covered with mould) [cheese, bread] → mohoso, enmohecido; [mattress, clothing] → enmohecido, lleno de moho
to go mouldyenmohecerse, criar moho
to smell mouldyoler a moho or a humedad
2. (Brit) (o.f.) (= lousy) → cochino

mouldy [ˈməʊldi] moldy (US) adjmoisi(e)
to go mouldy → moisir

mouldy, (US) moldy
adj (+er)
(= covered with mould)verschimmelt, schimmelig; (= musty)mod(e)rig; to go mouldy (food)verschimmeln
(dated inf) (= pathetic, contemptible)miserabel (inf); (= mean) personschäbig; amountlumpig (inf)

mouldy moldy (Am) [ˈməʊldɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → ammuffito/a
to smell mouldy → avere odore di muffa
to go mouldy → ammuffire
mouldy moldy (Am) [ˈməʊldɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → ammuffito/a
to smell mouldy → avere odore di muffa
to go mouldy → ammuffire

mouldy متعفن plesnivý muggen schimmelig μουχλιασμένος mohoso homeinen moisi pljesniv ammuffito かびた 곰팡 슨 schimmelig muggen spleśniały bolorento, embolorado заплесневелый möglig ซึ่งปกคลุมด้วยรา küflü bị mốc 发霉的


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The air was mouldy and heavy with decay, while strings of fish-tails and of half-cleaned dog and crocodile skulls did not add to the wholesomeness of the place.
And this reminds me that certain Englishmen, who long ago were accidentally left in Greenland by a whaling vessel --that these men actually lived for several months on the mouldy scraps of whales which had been left ashore after trying out the blubber.
During the transit, he sat with raised glasses in the frosty chill and mouldy fetor of his chariot, and glanced out sidelong on the holiday face of things, the shuttered shops, and the crowds along the pavement, much as the rider in the Tyburn cart may have observed the concourse gathering to his execution.
 
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