old-fashioned

Definition

  • adjective: of or relating to the past
  • adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of a past era
  • synonyms: demode, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate)

Examples

  • His views on the role of women in society are terribly 'old-fashioned'.

  • I feel like listening to some good 'old-fashioned' rock ‘n’ roll.

  • She worked hard and became successful 'the old-fashioned way'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) to fight the battles that we never could. Phil Coulson died still believing in that idea. In heroes. Well, it's an old-fashioned notion. Did I hurt anybody? There's nobody around here to get hurt. You did scare the hell out of some pigeons, though. Lucky. (..)
    2012 The Avengers
  • (..) We made some modifications to the uniform. I had a little design input. The uniform? Aren't the stars and stripes a little old-fashioned? With everything that's happening and the things that are about to come to light, people might just need a little old-fashioned. (..)
    2012 The Avengers