rusty
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1.3
- adjective
- /ˈrʌsti/
:
color óxido
- Her fine short hair, glinting with rusty gold, looked pretty in the light.
- rusty red
- rusty brown
- rusty orange
Divine has a little bit like more rusty, more like dirt to it.
- Divine has a little bit like more rusty, more like dirt to it.
- I also really love cherry blossom and rusty Rouge.
Examples
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Her hair was rusty-red and stiffish, like one of the scouring pads she used for dishes.
Fiction book (1998) -
- It's rusty, but it's good.
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Well, what about the gold in the old rusty car?
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Got this red shades, like a rusty sort of red.
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Actually, ones a nice rusty orange shade.
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So I'm mixing a black and brown, that brown rusty color and some blue in there too.
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She may look old and rusty, but she is a classic!
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Fading sunlight lay in streaks of rusty gold across Talon's ancient face.
Fiction book (1990) -
Jake laid them out with care, forming a dense tangle of interwoven branches and rusty red needles.
Fiction book (2002) -
The old bike in the garage was a deep shade of rusty red, reminiscent of the iron that had corroded over time.
Synonyms
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2.1
A brown color with a hint of red
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3.0
A reddish-brown or orange-brown color like old metal
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2.8
A brown color with a red tint like old metal left outside
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3.4
A reddish brown color like rust
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3.4
A red color with a brown-orange hint like rust
Covered in red-brown flakes on old metal
A brown color with a red-orange tone
Having a reddish-brown color like rust or containing iron
A red color with a brown, shiny look like copper
Compounds
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9.3
A North American blackbird with dark feathers that have rusty edges in autumn
- Australian
A big Australian tree with spreading roots often planted for shade and beauty
A fern with rusty-brown stalks and long, narrow divided leaves that grows on rocks in northern cooler areas
How Reddish-Brown
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rusty comes from the noun rust, which also names a 'reddish-brown' colour like the surface of old iron. So calling something 'rusty' can simply mean it has that brownish-red colour.