YourDictionary

rusty

adjective rustier, rustiest

  1. coated with rust, as a metal, or affected with the disease of rust, as a plant
  2. consisting of or caused by rust
  3. not working freely, easily, or quietly because of, or as if because of, rust; stiff or rasping in operation
    1. impaired by disuse, neglect, etc.: to find one's golf game rusty
    2. having lost facility through lack of practice: to be a little rusty in chess
  4. having the color of rust
  5. faded, old-looking, or shabby

Related Forms:

See rusty in American Heritage Dictionary 4

Learn more about rusty

link/cite print suggestion box