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blowsy

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blow·sy  (blouz)
adj.
Variant of blowzy.
blowsy, blowzy [ˈblaʊzɪ]
adj blowsier, blowsiest, blowzier blowziest
1. (esp of a woman) untidy in appearance; slovenly or sluttish
2. (of a woman) ruddy in complexion; red-faced
[from dialect blowze beggar girl, of unknown origin]
blowsily , blowzily adv
blowsiness , blowziness n
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Adj.1.blowsy - characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women
blowzy, slatternly, sluttish
untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"


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The woman was a blowsy creature of middle age, who had had a long succession of still-born children.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
The "bit of womanhood" was our old acquaintance Bessy Cranage, otherwise Chad's Bess, whose large red cheeks and blowsy person had undergone an exaggeration of colour, which, if she had happened to be a heavenly body, would have made her sublime.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
Others had made the same attempt, and there was a household of Blenkers--an intense and voluble mother, and three blowsy daughters who imitated her--where one met Edwin Booth and Patti and William Winter, and the new Shakespearian actor George Rignold, and some of the magazine editors and musical and literary critics.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
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