MOSSY Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

mossy

adjective

ˈmȯ-sē

Definition of mossy

as in archaic

having passed its time of use or usefulness mossy rules of etiquette that date from the Victorian era

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Recent Examples of mossy The steps of the Met tonight resemble a mossy stone staircase bordered by lush hedge walls. — Dalila Muata, NBC news, 5 May 2026 The museum has created a garden-like setting with romantic hanging florals, barriers of green hedges, pots of lavender and a carpet resembling mossy bricks. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 4 May 2026 Another had a mossy headpiece with wire erecting green and platinum hair balls. — Essence, 4 May 2026 The lower level rooms open onto private gardens filled with trees and mossy stones; the upper levels have balconies. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for mossy

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Adjective

And the rest is public perception, which has shifted against what many Americans see as a dirty, archaic form of power generation.

— Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026
Now, if the league would drop its archaic blackout rules, this would be a lot easier for everyone.

— Scott Powers, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of archaic

Adjective

The key difference between these projects and the more artisanal ones being embraced by China and others is that their purpose remains primarily legalistic, focused on achieving change by adhering to increasingly obsolete frameworks.

— Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
This doesn’t make information architecture obsolete by any means.

— Dave Foster, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of obsolete

Adjective

Additionally, interviews and encounters with the slain officers’ family members also illustrate the cost and harm of a job that was formed in the early 19th century and remains antiquated and unchanged in our 21st-century world.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
Today, satellite television barely exists — even cable is antiquated.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of antiquated

Adjective

Another day trip option is the hilltop town of Erice, where there's a medieval fortress that's over 2,500 years old.

— Megan Rose Murray, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
According to a medieval historian at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in England, Pope Alexander had his own bone to pick with King Harold.

— Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of medieval

Adjective

The kitchen itself, though, feels fairly unused—one tap wasn’t working, the cutlery was slightly rusty, and the whole setup had a ramshackle quality.

— Megan Rose Murray, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
But a deep partial eclipse can be stranger because one bright sliver remains outside the darkest part of Earth's shadow while the rest of the moon turns dim and rusty.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of rusty

Adjective

The Museum includes creative work from prehistoric cave paintings to today’s on-screen art.

— Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
That means a stretch of riverbank can look completely ordinary one season and reveal evidence of prehistoric life after a major weather event or prolonged change in water levels.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

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