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mildewed

ADJECTIVE

moldy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

funky putrid rotten rotting smelly stale

WEAK

airless dirty mildewy stuffy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fresh new perfumed

ADJECTIVE

musty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

airless ancient crumbling dank decrepit fetid moldy putrid smelly squalid stale stuffy

WEAK

antediluvian antique decayed dirty dried-out dry filthy frowzy malodorous mildewy moth-eaten noisome old rotten spoiled

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clean current fresh modern new perfumed sweet young

WEAK

clear sweet-smelling unused

ADJECTIVE

overused

Synonyms

STRONG

drained dull stale stock

WEAK

banal bromidic clichéd common cornball corny familiar tune flat hackneyed hokey jejune moth-eaten musty old hat ordinary platitudinal platitudinous prosaic ready-made run-of-the-mill shopworn threadbare timeworn uninspired unoriginal used-up vapid warmed-over well-worn worn-out

Antonyms

STRONG

active different energized fresh invigorated lively new refreshed unused

ADJECTIVE

platitudinal

Synonyms

WEAK

banal bathetic bromidic cliched clichéd common commonplace cornball corny drained dull exhausted familiar tune flat hackneyed hokey jejune moth-eaten musty old hat ordinary overused overworked pedestrian platitudinous prosaic ready-made routine run-of-the-mill set shopworn stale stereotyped stereotypic stereotypical stock threadbare timeworn tired uninspired unoriginal used-up vapid warmed-over well-worn worn worn-out

ADJECTIVE

platitudinous

Synonyms

WEAK

banal bathetic bromidic clichéd common commonplace cornball corny drained dull exhausted familiar tune flat hackneyed hokey jejune moth-eaten musty old hat ordinary overused overworked pedestrian platitudinal prosaic ready-made routine run-of-the-mill set shopworn stale stereotyped stereotypic stereotypical stock threadbare timeworn tired uninspired unoriginal used-up vapid warmed-over well-worn worn worn-out

ADJECTIVE

stereotypical

Synonyms

STRONGEST

archetypal characteristic common customary ordinary prototypical stereotypic stock traditional typical usual

STRONG

routine

WEAK

banal bromidic clichéd cornball corny drained dull familiar tune flat hackneyed hokey jejune moth-eaten musty old hat overused platitudinal platitudinous prosaic ready-made run-of-the-mill shopworn stale threadbare timeworn uninspired unoriginal used-up vapid warmed-over well-worn worn-out

ADJECTIVE

trite

Synonyms

STRONGEST

banal corny dull hackneyed

WEAK

bathetic bromidic chain cliché clichéd common cornball drained exhausted familiar tune flat hokey jejune moth-eaten musty old hat ordinary pedestrian platitudinous prosaic ready-made routine run-of-the-mill set shopworn stale stereotyped stock threadbare timeworn tired uninspired unoriginal used-up vapid warmed-over well-worn worn worn-out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fresh new original

WEAK

desirable important impressive pertinent relevant uncommon

ADJECTIVE

warmed-over

Synonyms

WEAK

banal bathetic bromidic clichéd common commonplace cornball corny drained dull exhausted familiar tune flat hackneyed hokey jejune moth-eaten musty old hat ordinary overused overworked pedestrian platitudinal platitudinous prosaic ready-made routine run-of-the-mill set shopworn stale stereotyped stereotypic stereotypical stock threadbare timeworn tired uninspired unoriginal used-up vapid well-worn worn worn-out

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For me to even open an envelope meant a trip to my stepmother’s house, where the precious cache was moldering in a mildewed basement.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025

This is how Lili Anolik found herself digging through the mildewed trash pile of Eve Babitz’s personal effects after her death in late 2021.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

Finding few books on library architecture that were not centuries-old and in a dead or mildewed language, he took the advice of a neighbor across the street, novelist Toni Morrison.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2022

So is Andrew Boyce’s set, which summons a dingy, mildewed generic motel room.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2020

We sleep on the damp dirt floor, wrapped in mildewed blankets so rough they could be used to scrape bark off logs.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

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