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dusty

 adjective
     
dust‧y
1 covered with dust:
Adrian cycled along the dusty road.
Everything's really dusty.
2

dusty blue/pink etc

CC blue etc that is not bright but is slightly grey:
The curtains had faded to a dusty pink.
WORD FOCUS: dirty WORD FOCUS: dirty
similar words: filthy, grubby, grimy, mucky British English, muddy, greasy, dusty, soiled, contaminated, polluted

➔ See also dirty
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