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What is the adjective for mould?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs mold, molder, mould and moulder which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

mouldy
  1. Covered with mould.
  2. Neglected.
  3. (Britain, colloquial) worthless; lousy; rotten
  4. Synonyms:
      5. putrid, rotten, rancid, rank, decayed, decomposed, spoiled, decomposing, decaying, bad, spoilt, rotting, stale, putrescent, moldering, mouldering, mildewy, musty, fusty, mildewed, putrefying, mucid, blighted, fetid, stinking, foetid, smelly, off, moldy, putrefied, foul, sour, noisome, tainted, festering, reeking, malodorous, festy, turned, corrupt, addled, perished, wormy, flyblown, maggoty, contaminated, worm-eaten, noxious, corrupted, rotted … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “I speak from experience when I say that a mouldy reed has neither the taste nor the sound of a clean reed.”
      “Unfortunately, however, the rest of the fruit bowl is filled with nothing but mouldy old chestnuts and flyblown rhubarb.”
      “Pilocarpus was at one time adulterated with spurious jaborandis, other foreign leaves, stems, dirt and mouldy leaves.”
moldy
  1. Covered with mold.
  2. Stale or musty.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. putrid, stale, rotten, decayed, rotting, decaying, musty, fusty, funky, festering, smelly, mildewy, crumbling, mildewed, fungal, seedy, sprouting, fetid, rank, foetid, rancid, stinking, bad, off, spoiled, decomposing, spoilt, decomposed, reeking, foul, mouldy, malodorous, putrescent, putrefied, noisome, sour, tainted, reeky, whiffy, mouldering, addled, moldering, olid, strong, contaminated, mephitic, putrefying, corrupted, perished, turned … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “They had kept Tom in a tiny cell, feeding him nothing but a bit of moldy bread and some water of questionable repute.”
      “That was the last thing I wanted to smell and I emptied my already rather empty stomach onto the damp, moldy floor.”
      “The Seer crouched on her bed of moldy straw, shivering slightly from the cold.”
moldery
  1. Covered or filled with mold.
  2. Consisting of, or resembling, mold.
moldlike
  1. Resembling mold (fungal growth) or some aspect of it.
mouldable
  1. Able to be moulded; plastic
  2. Synonyms:
      3. flexible, supple, pliable, limber, pliant, elastic, wiry, bendable, lithe, malleable, tensile, adaptable, bendy, compromising, ductile, stretchable, stretchy, whippy, forgiving, moldable, springy, flexile, plastic, rubbery, bouncy, lissom, lissome, lithesome, rubberlike, soft, spongy, tractable, tractile, bending, bendsome, extensible, extensile, formable, formative, stretch, workable, puttylike, like putty, easily bent, going every which way, yielding, shapable, flexuous, transformable, fictile … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “While that kind of precision was difficult in 1945, the advent of mouldable plastic explosives and digital timers has rendered it much easier.”
      “In essence, telecom operators wanted the internet to be mouldable, to be shaped in any way they liked.”
      “Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh, founder of Sugru, developed the mouldable glue she invented with the help of two retired scientists.”
mouldering
  1. That moulders; decaying
  2. Synonyms:
      3. decaying, putrid, rotten, rotting, decomposing, rancid, rank, decomposed, foetid, fetid, spoiled, stinking, festering, bad, putrescent, off, spoilt, smelly, mouldy, moldy, putrefying, perished, crumbling, disintegrating, flyblown, wormy, putrefacient, moldering, maggoty, spoiling, gangrenous, worm-eaten, wasting away, decayed, mildewy, stale, putrefied, addled, musty, rotted, foul, carious, tainted, corrupt, noxious, festy, noisome, corrupted, sour, contaminated … more
moldable
  1. Alternative spelling of mouldable
  2. Synonyms:
      3. malleable, shapable, shapeable, pliable, pliant, adaptable, flexile, plastic, waxy, workable, ductile, flexible, flexuous, tractable, tractile, transformable, yielding, putty in one's hands, elastic, soft, bendable, tensile, mouldable, supple, bendy, impressible, squashy, weak, waxen, impressionable, fictile, bending, formable, adjustable, changeable, alterable, modifiable, variable, fluid, versatile, convertible, conformable, compliant, manageable, biddable … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The moldable absorbent mat conforms to virtually any shape to control condensation, leaks, and drips.”
      “Many homegrown ideas were shuffled into the moldable minds of an adolescent nation.”
      “New pillowtop mattresses, fleece blankets and moldable pillows await after you come down from your caffeine high.”
mouldlike
  1. Alternative spelling of moldlike
mouldery
  1. Alternative form of moldery
mouldless
  1. Without a mould.
moldless
  1. Without a mold.
mouldly
  1. (obsolete) mouldy
mouldier
  1. comparative form of mouldy: more mouldy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rottener, ranker, badder, staler, mustier, fustier, more putrid, more rancid, more decayed, more spoiled, more spoilt, more putrescent, more mildewy, more mucid, more blighted, more fetid, more stinking, smellier, more off, moldier, fouler, sourer, more noisome, more tainted, more malodorous, more festy, more corrupt, more addled, wormier, more flyblown, more maggoty, more contaminated, more worm-eaten, more noxious, more corrupted, more rotted, more carious, stenchier, more putrefacient, more gangrenous, more overripe, more stagnant, stuffier, whiffier, frowstier, more airless, danker, stronger, damper, funkier … more
mouldiest
  1. superlative form of mouldy: most mouldy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rottenest, rankest, baddest, stalest, mustiest, fustiest, most putrid, most rancid, most decayed, most spoiled, most spoilt, most putrescent, most mildewy, most mucid, most blighted, most fetid, most stinking, smelliest, most off, moldiest, foulest, sourest, most noisome, most tainted, most malodorous, most festy, most corrupt, most addled, wormiest, most flyblown, most maggoty, most contaminated, most worm-eaten, most noxious, most corrupted, most rotted, most carious, stenchiest, most putrefacient, most gangrenous, most overripe, most stagnant, stuffiest, whiffiest, frowstiest, most airless, dankest, strongest, dampest, funkiest … more
moldier
  1. comparative form of moldy: more moldy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. staler, rottener, mustier, fustier, funkier, smellier, seedier, more putrid, more decayed, more mildewy, danker, stuffier, mouldier, more airless, frowstier, more noisome, ranker, more fetid, stronger, frowsier, more stinking, damper, more reeky, fouler, more malodorous, riper, stenchier, stinkier, frowzier, more mucid, more spoilt, squalider, more spoiled, dirtier, filthier, badder, wormier, more rancid, more putrescent, more off, more flyblown … more
moldiest
  1. superlative form of moldy: most moldy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. stalest, rottenest, mustiest, fustiest, funkiest, smelliest, seediest, most putrid, most decayed, most mildewy, most airless, stuffiest, mouldiest, dankest, frowstiest, most fetid, frowsiest, ripest, dampest, most stinking, frowziest, rankest, most noisome, stinkiest, most reeky, foulest, stenchiest, strongest, most malodorous, most mucid, dirtiest, squalidest, most spoiled, most spoilt, filthiest, baddest, wormiest, most rancid, most putrescent, most off, most flyblown … more
molded
  1. simple past tense and past participle of mold
  2. Synonyms:
      3. influenced, affected, governed, modified, shaped, shope, transformed, altered, changed, manipulated, predisposed, adjusted, amended, converted, reshaped, shifted, bore upon, borne upon, born upon, had an impact on, impinged upon, moulded, recast, fashioned, adapted, remodeled, remodelled, formed, reconstructed, remade, revised, refashioned, restyled, modulated, made over, determined, revamped, rewrought, reworked, metamorphosed, edited, redesigned, tweaked, morphed, remoulded, reorganized, reoriented, revolutionized, retooled, reordered … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “In case of a leak in the bag, however, the molded structure may have a high moisture content and require careful drying for a longer period.”
moldered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of molder
  2. Synonyms:
      3. decayed, rotted, decomposed, spoiled, spoilt, putrefied, festered, perished, disintegrated, moulded, molded, corrupted, fouled, crumbled, mildewed, broke down, broken down, fell apart, fallen apart, wasted away, went to seed, gone to seed, mouldered, deteriorated, turned, withered, degraded, mortified, degenerated, went bad, gone bad, sphacelated, gone off, went off, corroded, tainted, curdled, necrotized, shrivelled, shriveled, soured, shriveled up, become rotten, gone sour, went sour, sapped, discolored, defiled, blighted, discoloured … more
moldering
  1. present participle of molder
  2. Synonyms:
      3. decaying, rotting, decomposing, spoiling, putrefying, festering, perishing, disintegrating, moulding, molding, corrupting, fouling, crumbling, mildewing, breaking down, falling apart, wasting away, going to seed, mouldering, going bad, going off, deteriorating, turning, withering, degrading, mortifying, degenerating, sphacelating, corroding, tainting, curdling, necrotizing, going sour, breaking up, going mouldy, shrivelling, shriveling, souring, shriveling up, going moldy, going rancid, becoming rotten, sapping, discoloring, defiling, blighting, discolouring, dissolving, necrosing, gangrening … more
moulded
  1. simple past tense and past participle of mould
mouldered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of moulder
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rotted, decayed, decomposed, spoiled, spoilt, putrefied, perished, disintegrated, deteriorated, crumbled, wasted, broke down, broken down, went bad, gone bad, went off, gone off, went mouldy, gone mouldy, fell apart, fallen apart, rotted away, fell into decay, fallen into decay, fell to pieces, went to rack and ruin, gone to rack and ruin, moldered, molded, festered, moulded, corrupted, fouled, degenerated, withered, degraded, turned, mortified, corroded, sphacelated, declined, tainted, necrotized, shriveled up, curdled, mildewed, shrivelled, shriveled, languished, become rotten … more
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