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- Dictionaryold-fashioned/ˌəʊl(d)ˈfaʃnd/
adjective
- 1. in or according to styles or types no longer current; not modern: "an old-fashioned kitchen range"
noun
- 1. a cocktail consisting chiefly of whisky, bitters, water, and sugar. North American
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OLD-FASHIONED definition: 1. not modern; belonging to or typical of a time in the past: 2. not modern; belonging to or…. Learn more.
The meaning of OLD-FASHIONED is of, relating to, or characteristic of a past era. How to use old-fashioned in a sentence.
Something that's old-fashioned is out of style or from the past. You could call an antique telephone old-fashioned, and you could also describe your elderly grandfather this way. Out-of-date clothes, like your aunt's wardrobe of 1980's dresses with shoulder pads, are old-fashioned.
Something that is old-fashioned is no longer used, done, or believed by most people, because it has been replaced by something that is more modern.
(sometimes disapproving) (of a person) believing in old or traditional ways; having traditional ideas. My parents are old-fashioned about relationships and marriage. She wants to be an old-fashioned mother, staying at home and looking after the children. Call me old-fashioned, but I still believe in good manners.
adjective. us / ˈoʊldˈfæʃ·ənd / Add to word list. not modern; belonging to or typical of a time in the past: old-fashioned clothes / ideas / music. She’s old-fashioned (= her views are typical of the past, not the present). (Definition of old-fashioned from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
adjective. of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit. Synonyms: obsolete, outmoded. favored or prevalent in former times: old-fashioned ideas. having the conservative behavior, ways, ideas, or tastes of earlier times: a delightfully old-fashioned gentleman. old-fashioned. adjective.
Synonyms for OLD-FASHIONED: vintage, antique, retro, traditional, antiquated, historical, historic, old-time; Antonyms of OLD-FASHIONED: modern, contemporary, current, newfangled, new, modernistic, modernist, present-day.
OLD–FASHIONED meaning: 1 : of or relating to the past: such as; 2 : no longer used or accepted replaced by something more recent.
1. belonging to, characteristic of, or favoured by former times; outdated: old-fashioned ideas. 2. favouring or adopting the dress, manners, fashions, etc, of a former time. 3. quizzically doubtful or disapproving: she did not reply, but gave him an old-fashioned look. 4. dialect Scot and Northern English old for one's age: an old-fashioned child.
