musty

The room smelled musty and stale.

a dark musty library filled with old books.

The cottage had a musty smell after being shut up over the winter.

Musty during rut, the tusker named Dhanapalaka is uncontrollable. Held in captivity, the tusker does not touch a morsel, but only longingly calls to mind the elephant forest.

and about his shelves a beggarly account of empty boxes, green earthen pots, bladders and musty seeds, remnants of packthread and old cakes of roses, were thinly scatter'd, to make up a show.

The old books in the library smelled musty.

She wrinkled her nose at the musty odor.

The basement had a musty and damp smell.

He found an old musty jacket in the attic.

The abandoned house had a musty and abandoned feel to it.

The musty air in the cellar made it hard to breathe.

The musty smell of old furniture filled the room.

She opened the trunk and was hit by a wave of musty air.

The curtains in the old house were musty and dusty.

The musty taste of the old wine lingered on his tongue.