[
US
/ˈɹəsti/
]
[ UK /ɹˈʌsti/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈʌsti/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
covered with or consisting of rust
rusty deposits
a rusty machine - of the brown color of rust
- impaired in skill by neglect
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ancient
hoary jokes
How To Use rusty In A Sentence
- A couple of rusty old bits of farm machinery lay slowly dissolving beneath the sky.
- Stealing away, (whence, I suppose, the ironical phrase of trusty Trojan to this day,) like a thief — pretendedly indeed at the command of the gods; but could that be, when the errand he went upon was to rob other princes, not only of their dominions, but of their lives? — Clarissa Harlowe
- I do not want to see or smell your funky feet, crusty heels or unpedicured toes.
- We passed ancient cottages embowered with climbing roses that Edward Elgar must have known as he cycled here on what he called his "trusty steed". Country diary: Malvern Hills
- All yellowhammers have striking, rusty-coloured, unstreaked rumps which are most attractive.
- Truly, Ranald, my trusty friend," said Dalgetty, "I will not deny that the case may be soon my own; for I am so forfoughen (being, as A Legend of Montrose
- Not even his trusty silver medallion of St. Christopher could protect him against such overwhelming numbers. Storyteller
- The arresting part of this photo is not her femaleness, although foregrounding her gender seems to be the intention, but the condition of her gun, which is old, chipped, and rusty.
- Now, whenever I go out on the porch I remember how rusty and pitted the railings used to look and how it bothered me, and the several hours I spent sandpapering it smooth, then the three coats of brown Rustoleum I applied, and now I'm watching it get whiter and cleaner with every new layer of paint I apply. A Productive Day
- An adjoining room is littered with mementos of more recent island history: a rack of antlers, a rusty plow, and an old dentist's chair.