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What is the adjective for rusty?

What's the adjective for rusty? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs rust and rustproof which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

rusty

Marked or corroded by rust. [from 9th c.]
Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown. [from 14th c.]
Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity. [from 16th c.]
(now chiefly historical) Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby. [from 17th c.]
Synonyms:

oxidised, oxidized, rusted, tarnished, corroded, eroded, aeruginous, decayed, discolored, discoloured, rust-covered, stained, marked, blemished, tainted, besmirched, yellowed, spotted, soiled, blackened, blotched, dirty, streaked, bruised, foxed, antiquated, dated, archaic, outdated, obsolete, superannuated, outmoded, outworn, prehistoric, fossilised, fossilized, medieval, mossy, demoded, prehistorical, moribund, mediaeval, neolithic, Noachian, kaputt, kaput, antique, ancient, passé, old-fashioned … more

Examples:

“Then you either jump or use an old rusty metal ladder to enter the water, and do it all again in reverse at the end of the dive.”

“I stopped as we reached a block in our path: a rusty old bookcase, pinned to the wall by two heavy lengths of pipe we'd wedged across the corridor.”

“Want to practice your rusty French skills, but don't have enough money to vacation in France?”

rustful

(archaic) Full of rust; resembling or causing rust; rusty.
(archaic, figuratively) Dull; impaired by inactivity.

rustless

That does not rust; stainless.
Without rust; unrusted.
Examples:

“The sights of his rifle showed clean as the rustless barrel rested on a log.”

“It should be suspended by rustless black chains and eyebolts passing through the lower rails.”

“The whole machine is made of stainless steel, which is waterproof and rustless.”

rusty

Discolored and rancid; reasty. [from 16th c.]
Synonyms:

Examples:

“Then you either jump or use an old rusty metal ladder to enter the water, and do it all again in reverse at the end of the dive.”

“I stopped as we reached a block in our path: a rusty old bookcase, pinned to the wall by two heavy lengths of pipe we'd wedged across the corridor.”

“Want to practice your rusty French skills, but don't have enough money to vacation in France?”

rustproof

Resistant to rust, oxidation and corrosion.
Synonyms:

rustproofed, coated, inert, nonreactive, sealed, waterproofed, nonrusting, stainless, rust-free, corrosion-proof, stainless-steel … more

Examples:

“The rustproof coating applied to the metal surface keeps it resistant to corrosion and discoloration.”

rusted

Corroded; having been oxidized or covered in rust.
Synonyms:

oxidised, oxidized, tarnished, rusty, corroded, discoloured, stained, marked, discolored, blemished, eroded, aeruginous, decayed, rust-covered, tainted, besmirched, yellowed, spotted, soiled, blackened, blotched, dirty, streaked, bruised, foxed … more

Examples:

“The old, abandoned car in the junkyard was completely rusted, its metal parts oxidized and corroded by years of exposure to the elements.”

rustlike

Resembling or characteristic of rust.

rustable

Susceptible to rust.
Examples:

“Among these were the plastic brick tie, replacing the rustable metal figure of eight ties which litter building sites across the land.”

“In packaging it has potential for protecting medical devices, pharmaceutical products, easily oxidisable and rustable materials and vacuum heat insulating building materials.”

rustyish

Somewhat rusty.

rustier

comparative form of rusty: more rusty
Examples:

“This was all in high school, and years of disuse and neglect have made my Spanish skills rustier than a Gary, Indiana steel mill.”

“Low investment means Britain's workers toil in grubbier offices, with rustier kit and slower computers.”

“Her hair was crisper and rustier than ever, swirling about in competitive overlapping ripples.”

rustiest

superlative form of rusty: most rusty

rusting

present participle of rust
Synonyms:

rustproofed

simple past tense and past participle of rustproof
Synonyms:

coated, painted, primed, sealed, treated, waterproofed, made rustproof

rustproofing

present participle of rustproof
Synonyms:

coating, painting, priming, sealing, treating, waterproofing, making rustproof

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