RUSTED Synonyms

• damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless

• unrestrained by convention or morality

• lowered in value

• combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen

• worn by exposure to the weather

• affected by wear; damaged by long use

• showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

• become worse or disintegrate

• grow progressively worse

• discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation

• make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

• cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid

• become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid

• take in solid food

• eat a meal; take a meal

• take in food; used of animals only

• worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way

• use up (resources or materials)

• cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid

• add oxygen to or combine with oxygen

• enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide

• enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide

• add oxygen to or combine with oxygen

• of the brown color of rust

• the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water

• covered with or consisting of rust

• of the brown color of rust

• impaired in skill by neglect

• ancient

• any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants