mossy
- adjective
- /ˈmɔsi/
- He wore a mossy suit that looked like it hadn't been in style for decades.
Examples
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"On the wet, mossy ground."On the wet, mossy ground--"
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I love the color, this mossy green I'm so into.
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They're very old and mossy.
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Their arguments felt mossy and outdated, lacking relevance in today's context.
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Many of the museum's exhibits seemed mossy, instead of reflecting modern art trends.
Synonyms
Not in style, like clothes or ideas from an earlier time
Very old and not useful or suitable now
Old and not interesting because it has no new ideas
Dull and old-fashioned, not interesting or new
No longer new or fashionable
Old and out of date in ideas, opinions, or ways
Having old ideas or rules that seem out of date
Old-fashioned and stale in style or ideas
Antonyms
Compounds
How Old-Fashioned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
A helpful way to remember mossy when it means 'old-fashioned' is to picture moss slowly covering an old wall or book and making it look aged and unused. So when people call ideas or habits mossy, they mean those ideas are stuck, worn-out, or not modern.