rusty

1. superl. Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat. Source: opted

2. superl. Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect. Source: opted

3. superl. Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon. Source: opted

4. superl. Surly; morose; crusty; sullen. Source: opted

5. superl. Rust-colored; dark. Source: opted

6. superl. Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy. Source: opted

7. superl. Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous. Source: opted

8. adj. covered with or consisting of rust Source: wordnet

9. adj. of the brown color of rust Source: wordnet

10. adj. impaired in skill by neglect Source: wordnet

11. 1. Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat. 2. Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect. [Hector,] in this dull and long-continued truce, Is rusty grown. Shak. 3. Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon. 4. Surly; morose; crusty; sullen. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Rusty words." Piers Plowman. 5. Rust-colored; dark. "Rusty blood." Spenser. 6. Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy. The rustly little schooners that bring fire wood from the Brititsh provinces. Hawthorne. 7. (Bot.) Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous. Source: webster

12. Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust;affected with rust; rubiginous. Source: adambom

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