mothy

/'mɔθi/

Thân thiện

The old blanket in the attic is mothy and full of holes.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Infested with moths: Describes something that has many moths present on or in it.
   • Damaged by moths; moth-eaten: Describes fabric, clothing, or other materials that are worn, full of holes, or damaged due to being eaten by moth larvae.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The old wool sweater was mothy and full of holes.
  • They opened the mothy trunk in the attic, and a cloud of insects flew out.
  • The mothy condition of the tapestry showed it had been stored improperly for decades.

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive Use: Often used to evoke a sense of neglect, age, or decay, particularly in storage settings like attics, closets, or antique shops.
  • The shop was filled with the smell of dust and mothy velvet curtains.

Variants and Related Words

• Moth (n): The insect whose larvae are responsible for the damage.
• Moth-eaten (adj): A more common synonym meaning damaged by moths; shabby or outdated.
  • He wore a moth-eaten old coat.

Synonyms

• Moth-eaten
• Verminous (when referring to infestation)
• Tattered (when referring to the damaged state)

Antonyms

• Pristine
• Undamaged
• New

Notes

• The word mothy is less common in everyday modern English than its synonym moth-eaten. It is primarily used in descriptive writing.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. infested with moths
2. worn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths
   • moth-eaten blankets

Từ đồng nghĩa

• moth-eaten