Synonyms for dusty
ˈdʌs tidusty

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1. dusty, dust-coveredadjective

   covered with a layer of dust

   "a dusty pile of books"

   Synonyms:
   dust-covered, stale, moth-eaten, cold

   Antonyms:
   bare, original

2. cold, stale, dusty, moth-eatenadjective

   lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

   "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"

   Synonyms:
   dust-covered, ratty, cold, tatty, mothy, moth-eaten, stale, shabby, inhuman, cold-blooded, frigid, insensate

   Antonyms:
   bare, original

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1. dustyadjective

   Synonyms:
   powdery, pulverulent, pulverous, pulverized

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1. List of paraphrases for "dusty":

   dust, scrambled

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1. T. E. Lawrence:

   All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.

2. William Shakespeare:

   To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

3. Scott C. Holstad:

   As children, we played cowboys and Indians through the fields and forests, looking for foes as though being set upon was the worst we’d face. As children we found horseshoes, dusty hidden treasures buried in dirt, and we’d take them home and hang them on our walls alongside our Farrah and football posters. Innately we knew that someday we’d grow out of this, so mornings and afternoons we’d carry on, content, a real word in our small vocabulary.

4. Dusty Johnson:

   I certainly hope Donald Trump'll have a crowded field so Donald Trump can have a robust discussion, trump's going to have a certain amount of built-in support. So yeah, Dusty Johnson's gon na be ahead in early polls. But I also know that these primaries hardly ever go as scripted.

5. T. E. Lawrence:

   All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.