за́тхлый — meaning in English

English meaning

• hoar noun A pale white or grey colour.
• musty adj Having a stale, damp smell, often from mould or lack of fresh air.
• stale adj No longer fresh; dried out or gone off, especially food or drink.

Senses

за́тхлый is used for these senses in English:

• hoar (obsolete) Musty; mouldy; stale.
• musty Having an odour or taste of mould; also (generally) , having a stale or unfresh odour or taste.
• stale No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.

hoar — full definition

1. noun A pale white or grey colour.
2. noun The quality of being grey with age, or great age itself.

musty — full definition

1. adj Having a stale, damp smell, often from mould or lack of fresh air.
2. adj Outdated or old-fashioned in a stale way, said of ideas or attitudes.

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