| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | abandoned | left unused and uncared for |
| 2. | aged | old from long passage of time |
| 3. | airless | without fresh circulating air |
| 4. | attic-like | like an old dusty attic |
| 5. | banal | boringly ordinary and stale |
| 6. | basementy | like a stale basement |
| 7. | boxed-in | confined in a tight space |
| 8. | boxed-up | shut away in storage |
| 9. | bug-eaten | damaged by insects |
| 10. | buttoned-up | stiff and restrained |
| 11. | cellar-like | like a damp cellar |
| 12. | clammy | unpleasantly damp to the touch |
| 13. | cliched | overused and unoriginal |
| 14. | close | stuffy and lacking fresh air |
| 15. | closeted | shut away in a small space |
| 16. | cobwebby | suggesting long neglect |
| 17. | cooped-up | confined in a cramped space |
| 18. | corny | trite and old-fashioned |
| 19. | damp-smelling | smelling of dampness |
| 20. | dank | unpleasantly damp and cold |
| 21. | dead | lacking freshness or vitality |
| 22. | decayed | rotted or decomposed |
| 23. | decomposing | breaking down with bad odor |
| 24. | dingy | dark, dirty, and dull |
| 25. | dirty | not clean |
| 26. | disused | no longer used |
| 27. | dry-rotten | decayed while appearing dry |
| 28. | dusty | covered with or smelling of dust |
| 29. | earthy | having a soil-like smell |
| 30. | enclosed | shut in on all sides |
| 31. | fetid | smelling extremely unpleasant |
| 32. | filthy | very dirty and foul |
| 33. | flat | lacking freshness or liveliness |
| 34. | foul | offensively bad-smelling |
| 35. | frowsty | stuffy and stale-smelling |
| 36. | frowzy | stale, untidy, and musty |
| 37. | frumpy | old-fashioned and dowdy |
| 38. | fungal-smelling | smelling like fungus |
| 39. | funky | having a strong stale smell |
| 40. | fusty | stale, stuffy, and old-smelling |
| 41. | gloomy | dark and depressing |
| 42. | gone bad | become spoiled |
| 43. | gone off | become stale or spoiled |
| 44. | grimy | dirty with ingrained filth |
| 45. | grubby | dirty and grimy |
| 46. | hackneyed | overused and stale |
| 47. | heavy | thick and hard to breathe |
| 48. | hokey | overdone and old-fashioned |
| 49. | humid-smelling | smelling damp and humid |
| 50. | ill-smelling | smelling unpleasant |
| 51. | infested | overrun with pests |
| 52. | insect-ridden | full of insects |
| 53. | lifeless | lacking freshness or energy |
| 54. | malodorous | having a bad smell |
| 55. | manky | dirty, unpleasant, and shabby |
| 56. | mephitic | foul-smelling or noxious |
| 57. | miasmic | having a foul atmosphere |
| 58. | mildewed | affected by mildew |
| 59. | mildewy | slightly moldy or mildewed |
| 60. | moldering | slowly decaying with age |
| 61. | moldy | covered with or smelling of mold |
| 62. | must | moldy smell or stale odor |
| 63. | musted | made stale or moldy |
| 64. | nasty-smelling | smelling unpleasant |
| 65. | neglected | not cared for properly |
| 66. | noisome | offensive to smell |
| 67. | odorous | having a distinct smell |
| 68. | off | no longer fresh or good |
| 69. | old-smelling | smelling old and stale |
| 70. | oppressive | uncomfortably heavy or close |
| 71. | overaged | aged too long |
| 72. | past its best | no longer at peak freshness |
| 73. | past prime | beyond best condition |
| 74. | pongy | smelling unpleasant |
| 75. | putrid | rotting with a foul smell |
| 76. | rancid | smelling stale or spoiled |
| 77. | rank | having a strong unpleasant smell |
| 78. | reeking | smelling strongly and unpleasantly |
| 79. | rotten | decayed and foul-smelling |
| 80. | seedy | shabby and slightly disreputable |
| 81. | shopworn | worn and stale from age |
| 82. | smelly | having a noticeable bad smell |
| 83. | sour-smelling | having a sour odor |
| 84. | spent | used up and stale |
| 85. | squalid | filthy and unpleasant |
| 86. | stagnant | stale from not circulating |
| 87. | stale | old and lacking freshness |
| 88. | stinking | smelling very bad |
| 89. | stuffy | close, airless, and stale |
| 90. | tainted | spoiled or contaminated in smell |
| 91. | thick | dense and hard to breathe |
| 92. | timeworn | showing age and long use |
| 93. | trite | overused and unoriginal |
| 94. | unfresh | not fresh |
| 95. | vault-like | like a closed old vault |
| 96. | vitiated | spoiled in quality or air |
| 97. | warehousey | like a stale warehouse |
| 98. | whiffy | having a noticeable smell |
| 99. | worm-eaten | damaged by worms with age |
| 100. | wormy | infested with worms |