mouldy en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈmoʊldi/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English mould Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English mouldy From mould + -y.
Meanings
- Covered with mould.
- (figuratively) Showing signs of neglect; disused.
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(UK, colloquial) 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.
2014, Patricia Combs, Café Paradise:
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(derogatory, obsolete, slang) 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; […]
1820, Satirical and Political Pamphlets, page 27:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mouldier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| moldy | US, alternative | lexicographic | |
| mouldiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more mouldy | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most mouldy | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
Synonyms
cullionly · tenth-rate · not worth a penny · scummy · invaluable · draffish · workless · cobwebby · trinkety · rubbishly · goodless · sixpenny · extinct · toshy · wutless · two-bit · grey-haired / gray-haired · nonvaluable · silver-haired · obsolete · hoary · naughty · punk · grizzly · suckworthy · no good / no-good · mouldering · floccinaucinihilipilificatious · silvery-haired · neglected · expired · pissass · mucid · not worth hell room · crapalicious · hoary · grizzled · not worth a plug nickel · screwy · junky · valueless · sorry-ass · old-fashioned · antique · defunct · backward · hoary · strawlike · idle · worth nothing · silver-haired · antediluvial · duffing · dated · elderly · unvaluable · shitey · good-for-nothing · behind the times · mouldy · white-haired · cocking · dootsie · dreckish · Havishamesque · for the birds · rubbishy · shit · primitive · mucid · hoary · shand · passé · disused · draffy · not worth a damn · good-for-naught · two-bit · parachronistic · of no value · triobolar · unoccupied · not worth a nickel · garbagey · gray / grey · old · vain · venerable · not worth a Continental · blown · fossilized · anachronistic · not worth a cress · putid · cobwebbed · Miss Havishamesque · antiquated · grizzly · unemployed · mouldy · disused · superseded · shitstained · jabberwocky · ineffectual · not worth salt · desuete · out of fashion · old school · nought · tripy · junky · discontinued · not worth a cent · scabbed · draffy · no-account · chaffy · archaic · unappreciated · outdated · shitty-ass · oldfangled · superannuated · outworn · fucking · cacky · not worth a dime · bastardly · not worth a farthing · antediluvian · outmoded · not worth a brass farthing · out of date · mouldy · worthless · rotten · not worth a curse · backwards · drecky · not worth a whistle · grisly · gray-headed / grey-headed · cruddy
Translations (58)
cs plesnivý (covered with mould) · pt bolorento (covered with mould) · sh pljesniv (covered with mould) · ru заплесневе́вший (covered with mould) · mi hekaheka (covered with mould) · mi pūhekaheka (covered with mould) · pt embolorado (covered with mould) · id apak (covered with mould) · es mohoso (covered with mould) · sdn muffìtu (covered with mould) · ru заплесневе́лый (covered with mould) · ja かびた (covered with mould) · ang fyniht (covered with mould) · tr küflü (covered with mould) · mi puruhekaheka (covered with mould) · unm ahkokolët (covered with mould) · hu penészes (covered with mould) · sdc muffìtu (covered with mould) · cmn 發霉的 (covered with mould) · de schimmlig (covered with mould) · ka ობით დაფარული (covered with mould) · la mūcidus (covered with mould) · nan-hbl 上殕 (covered with mould) · mi hōpurupuru (covered with mould) · vi mốc meo (covered with mould) · nl beschimmeld (covered with mould) · vi mốc (covered with mould) · sc murighinadu (covered with mould) · pt mofado (covered with mould) · ka დაობებული (covered with mould) · pdt schemlich (covered with mould) · de verschimmelt (covered with mould) · bg плесенясал (covered with mould) · kea boloradu (covered with mould) · ro muced (covered with mould) · yi פֿאַרשימלט (covered with mould) · fi homeinen (covered with mould) · nan-hbl 臭殕 (covered with mould) · sdc mugaratu (covered with mould) · pdt bepilzt (covered with mould) · eo mucida (covered with mould) · id apek (covered with mould) · it ammuffito (covered with mould) · mi pōhekaheka (covered with mould) · it mucido (covered with mould) · mi kāhekaheka (covered with mould) · kea bloróde (covered with mould) · nan-hbl 生菇 (covered with mould) · ka ობმოკიდებული (covered with mould) · pl spleśniały (covered with mould) · mi hakuhaku (covered with mould) · fr moisi (covered with mould) · sv möglig (covered with mould) · ko 곰팡이가 핀 (covered with mould) · sc imbirdigadu (covered with mould) · ka ობიანი (covered with mould) · ang fyniġ (covered with mould) · gl balorento (covered with mould)