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spiderwebbed

spiderwebbed

6.6
Covered with spider webs and dust because it has not been used
  • adjective
  • /ˈspaɪdərˌwɛbd/
translation icon : cubierto de telarañas
  • After years of neglect, the bicycle in the shed became completely spiderwebbed and dusty.

Examples

  • The abandoned house had spiderwebbed corners that suggested it hadn't been touched in years.

  • The old barn looked spiderwebbed and forgotten.

  • The old attic window was spiderwebbed with delicate threads glistening in the morning light.

  • She brushed aside the spiderwebbed branches as she walked through the abandoned garden.

  • I found a spiderwebbed corner in the attic.

  • The old attic window was spiderwebbed with delicate threads glistening in the morning light.

  • After years of neglect, the bicycle in the shed became completely spiderwebbed and dusty.

Synonyms

cobwebbed
vsspiderwebbed
1 5.7

Covered with spider webs that show it has been unused

is used for general covering without stressing age or dust
cobwebby
vsspiderwebbed
1 7.5

A thing that has thin spider webs on it

is instead about being left unused and showing neglect

Antonyms

1.0

Free from dirt or harmful things

How Neglected

neglected
3.7
cobwebbed
1 5.7
spiderwebbed
6.6
unused
26 1.0

Surface Forms

spiderwebbed positive

Morphology

spiderwebbed = spiderweb (transparent) = spider + web + ed

Formed by the compound 'spider' + 'web' (= spiderweb) and the adjectival '-ed' meaning 'covered with', which directly yields the given meaning.

Etymology

Spiderwebbed comes from spider and web, meaning 'a spider's net'. It paints a simple picture of something left alone so long that spiders have covered it with their webs, so it now often means 'covered with spider webs' and unused or neglected.