staleness
101sourly — sour ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a sharp taste like lemon or vinegar. 2) tasting or smelling rancid from fermentation or staleness. 3) resentful, bitter, or angry. ► NOUN ▪ a cocktail made by mixing a spirit with lemon or lime juice. ► VERB ▪ make or… …
102sourness — sour ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a sharp taste like lemon or vinegar. 2) tasting or smelling rancid from fermentation or staleness. 3) resentful, bitter, or angry. ► NOUN ▪ a cocktail made by mixing a spirit with lemon or lime juice. ► VERB ▪ make or… …
103stale — ► ADJECTIVE (staler, stalest) 1) (of food) no longer fresh or pleasant to eat. 2) no longer new and interesting. 3) no longer performing well because of having done something for too long. ► VERB ▪ make or become stale. DERIVATIVES …
104stalely — stale ► ADJECTIVE (staler, stalest) 1) (of food) no longer fresh or pleasant to eat. 2) no longer new and interesting. 3) no longer performing well because of having done something for too long. ► VERB ▪ make or become stale. DERIVATIVES …
105stale — stale1 [stāl] adj. staler, stalest [ME, prob. via Anglo Norm < OFr estale, quiet, stagnant < Gmc * stall: for IE base see STILL1] 1. having lost freshness; made musty, dry, bad, etc. by having been kept too long; specif., a) flat; vapid;… …
106freshness — noun 1. the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated (Freq. 1) she loved the freshness of newly baked bread the freshness of the air revived him • Ant: ↑staleness • Derivationally related forms: ↑fresh …
107moldiness — noun the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy • Syn: ↑mustiness, ↑must • Derivationally related forms: ↑moldy, ↑musty (for: ↑must), ↑musty ( …
108moth-eaten — adjective 1. showing signs of wear and tear a ratty old overcoat shabby furniture an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains • Syn: ↑ratty, ↑shabby, ↑tatty • Similar to: ↑ …
109mustiness — noun the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy • Syn: ↑must, ↑moldiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑moldy (for: ↑moldiness), ↑musty (for: ↑ …
110oldness — noun 1. the opposite of youngness • Ant: ↑youngness • Derivationally related forms: ↑old • Hypernyms: ↑age • Hyponyms: ↑agedness, ↑senescence …
