old-fashioned

  • 21old-fashioned — 1) ADJ GRADED Something such as a style, method, or device that is old fashioned is no longer used, done, or admired by most people, because it has been replaced by something that is more modern. The house was dull, old fashioned and in bad… …

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  • 22old-fashioned — 1 adjective 1 not modern and considered not to be fashionable any more: Gwen s clothes are so old fashioned! | Wireless is an old fashioned word for radio . 2 someone who is old fashioned believes in ways of doing things that are not usual any… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23old-fashioned */*/ — UK [ˌəʊld ˈfæʃ(ə)nd] / US [ˌoʊld ˈfæʃ(ə)nd] adjective no longer modern or fashionable Blake was carrying an old fashioned leather briefcase. a) used in a negative way to refer to methods, attitudes, or machines that are no longer useful or… …

    English dictionary

  • 24old-fashioned — adjective an old fashioned hairstyle old fashioned thinking Syn: out of date, outdated, dated, out of fashion, outmoded, unfashionable, passé, démodé, frumpy; outworn, old, old time, behind the times, archaic, obsolescent, downlevel …

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  • 25old-fashioned*/ — [ˌəʊld ˈfæʃ(ə)nd] adj 1) no longer modern or fashionable an old fashioned leather briefcase[/ex] 2) no longer useful or suitable in the modern world Syn: outdated old fashioned ideas about raising children[/ex] 3) used for referring to nice… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 26old-fashioned — 1. adjective a) Of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue. My bike is old fashioned but it gets me around. b) Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times. You can’t stay the night, because my parents are a bit old fashioned …

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  • 27old-fashioned — I. adjective Date: 1593 1. a. of, relating to, or characteristic of a past era < wears an old fashioned black bow tie Green Peyton > b. adhering to customs of a past era 2. outmoded • old fashionedly adverb • old fashionedness …

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  • 28old-fashioned — /ˈoʊld fæʃənd / (say ohld fashuhnd) adjective 1. of an old fashion or a style or type formerly in vogue. 2. favoured or prevalent in former times: old fashioned ideas. 3. (of persons) having the ways, ideas or tastes of a former period; out of&#8230; …

  • 29old-fashioned —    derelict    Real estate jargon:     When applied to houses old fashioned means a draughty ruin. When applied to clubs it means bad food and no women. (Theroux, 1982) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 30Old Fashioned (horse) — Old Fashioned Sire Unbridled s Song Grandsire Unbridled Dam Collect Call Damsire Meadowlake Sex Stallion …

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