old-fashioned

Meaning

Adj

1. Of an object, outdated or no longer in vogue.
2. Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times and the old-style ways.

Noun

1. A cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and adding whiskey or, less commonly, brandy, served with a twist of citrus rind.
2. A type of doughnut with a cakelike consistency and a rough surface, usually made with cultured buttermilk and chemical leaven and fried at a lower temperature.

Synonyms

out of date

antiquated

outmoded

obsolete

out-of-date

ancient

outdated

antique

dated

archaic

old

🧓

conservative

passe

obsolescent

antediluvian

unfashionable

old-time

frumpy

old-hat

out of fashion

passee

frumpish

demode

dowdy

anachronistic

stodgy

stuffy

fusty

out of style

corny

standpat

tardy

tart

trite

unprogressive

old school

standing evil

great antiquity

premodern

square-toed

out-moded

ou of date

dinosaurish

bigoted

bygone

conservatism

disapproving

disused

dumb

ex

Translations

démodé

ouderwets

altmodisch

anticuado

vieux jeu

gedateerd

verouderd

antiquado

uit de mode

antiquato

pasado de moda

παλιομοδίτικος

désuet

vecchio stile

Pronounced as (IPA)

/oʊldˈfæʃənd/

Etymology

From old + fashioned. The cocktail (which goes back to at least the early 1800s) got its name in the late 1800s as more complicated cocktails became common and those who preferred simpler drinks began asking for old-fashioned cocktails.

Sentences

Fireside Poets were soon regarded as old-fashioned .