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. Lawrence of Arabia, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Suppressed introductory chapter, first published 1939, Penguin edition p. 23:

   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 out their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.

2. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

   The power of young Joy, like that of young Love, does not travel far on the dusty road of life in general.

3. James Joseph Sylvester:

   The mathematician lives long and lives young; the wings of his soul do not early drop off, nor do its pores become clogged with the earthy particles blown from the dusty highways of vulgar life.

4. 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.

5. Frank Gehrke:

   We'd be flying along at 10,000 feet, where there should be an abundant snowpack this time of year, and it's dry, dusty ground.