mouldy — ozdic

Definitions

adj

1

Covered with mould.

2

Showing signs of neglect; disused.

3

Worthless; lousy; rotten.

'Go cuddle up to your mouldy old papers,' she shouted at him. 'See how warm they'll keep you.' She slammed the door and made to walk off.

4

Gray-headed, whether from age or hair powder.

Let him be great, as e'er he will, / He's rotten at the heart's core still; / Yet counsel from his mouldy pate, / Supports the trembling chair of state, / And scatters with unsparing hand, / A thousand miseries o'er the land; […]

Collocations

5

ADJ.

all, old, old, still

VERB + MOULDY

book, books, counsel, eat, go, goes, gone, look

MOULDY + NOUN

', bread, it's, loaf, papers, pate, tom

PREP.

from, in, up, with

ADV.

completely, quickly

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — covered with or smelling of mold

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

'Go cuddle up to your mouldy old papers,' she shouted at him. 'See how warm they'll keep you.' She slammed the door and made to walk off.

Wiktionary

02

Let him be great, as e'er he will, / He's rotten at the heart's core still; / Yet counsel from his mouldy pate, / Supports the trembling chair of state, / And scatters with unsparing hand, / A thousan

Wiktionary

03

Cheese goes mouldy if you don't put it in the fridge.

Tatoeba · #2194925

04

When Tom went to have breakfast, he found that all the bread had gone mouldy.

Tatoeba · #3114947

05

The bread was mouldy, but Tom ate it nevertheless.

Tatoeba · #5300968

06

The bread went mouldy.

Tatoeba · #7922951

Usage Notes

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