Mouldy

Quick meaning: Mouldy is an adjective meaning Covered with mould.

Meaning

Covered with mould.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Showing signs of neglect; disused.
2. (UK, colloquial) Worthless; lousy; rotten.
3. (UK, naval slang, dated) A torpedo.
4. (obsolete, slang, derogatory) Gray-headed, whether from age or hair powder.

Example Sentences

'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.

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; […]

2021, Bennet Copplestone, The Silent Watchers: England's Navy during the Great War I knew something of gunnery once, but now I'm on the shelf. I myself would risk the mouldies and fight at close quarters—we have the legs of Fritz and could choose our own range—but in-fighting means tremendous risks, and the dear stupid old public would howl for my head if the corresponding losses followed.

Word Forms

• mouldier
• mouldiest
• mouldies

Synonyms for mouldy

Depending on context, synonyms include mouldering, mucid, rotten, disused, hoary, neglected.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include moldy, musty, stale, mildewed, moldery, mouldly.

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