🍞 To become musty 👃 A musty smell

to fust

1 9.9

To become or make something smell stale and moldy

verb
/fʌst/

Archaic

: enmohecer

I had to throw away the old books because they started to fust from the dampness in the basement.

Examples

He that created us gave us such strong argument... ...starting before and after, gave us not capabilities... ...and divine reason to fust inside of us unused.

Gods and Generals (2003)
Sure, he that made us with such large discourse, looking before and after, gave us not that capability and godlike reason to fust in us unused.

Hamlet (2000)
The bread began to fust after being left out for several days, filling the kitchen with an unpleasant odor.
If you store the cheese in a warm place, it will fust and develop a bad smell.

Synonyms

to smell

vsto fust

862 1.0

To give off a scent that is pleasant or bad

focuses specifically on becoming musty or moldy, not just any odor

to stink

vsto fust

165 1.0

To have a very bad smell

describes becoming musty or stale rather than simply having an intense odor

to stink up

vsto fust

15 4.8

Make a place smell very bad

involves becoming musty or stale rather than creating a very strong odor

to stink up the place

vsto fust

3 7.5

Make a place smell very bad

refers to becoming stale or moldy, not only producing intense bad odor

to smell up

vsto fust

1 7.5

Make a place or thing smell bad

is about becoming musty or moldy rather than any bad odor

to stink out

vsto fust

1 6.7

To fill a place with a very bad smell

means becoming moldy or stale, not merely creating an overwhelming bad smell

Antonyms

to freshen

70 2.7

Make something or yourself smell and feel clean

to revitalize

45 4.8

To give new life and energy to something

How Musty

to rot

156 1.4

to fust

Archaic

1 9.9

to mildew

2 5.9

to freshen

70 2.7

Surface Forms

fust infinitive

fusted past

fusted past participle

fusting present participle

fusts third person singular

Etymology

Fust comes from the same idea as the noun and older words for 'wood' such as Latin fustis, so imagine bread or wine sitting in a damp wooden barrel until it smells bad. That is why to fust is to become or make something 'musty' or stale.