wasty Meaning & Definition
What Does Wasty Mean?
Wasty is an adjective that means Resembling a waste or wasteland; desert; deserted, desolate.
Wasty at a Glance
| Part of speech | adjective |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈweɪsti/ |
| Comparative / superlative | wastier, wastiest |
Wasty Definition (Adjective)
- Resembling a waste or wasteland; desert; deserted, desolate.
Adjective
- Containing or yielding much waste.
- Deteriorating, wasting away.
- Obese; excessively fat.
Synonym of overfinished.
- Resembling cotton-waste (the leftover cotton fibers from manufacturing and post-consumer sources that can be recycled into new products).
- Wasteful.
Synonyms of Wasty
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Wasty synonyms and antonyms →Wasty in a Sentence
Synonym of overfinished.
Word Forms & Grammar
wasty (comparative wastier or more wasty, superlative wastiest or most wasty)
wasty (comparative wastier, superlative wastiest)
Origin of Wasty
Origin 1: From Middle English wasti, westy, westi, westiȝ (“desolate, deserted; destitute”), from Old English wēstiġ (“wasty, desert, desolate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōstīg (“waste-like, deserted”), equivalent to waste + -y. Cognate with Scots wasty, waisty (“desolate, deserted; unoccupied”), Dutch woestig (“inhospitable, rugged, wild”), German Low German wööstig (“desolate”).
Origin 2: From Middle English wasty (“extravagantly or wastefully expensive”), equivalent to waste + -y.