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blowzy

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blow·zy also blow·sy  (blouz)
adj. blow·zi·er also blow·si·er, blow·zi·est also blow·si·est
1. Having a coarsely ruddy and bloated appearance.
2. Disheveled and frowzy; unkempt: blowzy hair.
[From obsolete blowze, beggar woman, slattern.]
blowzi·ly adv.
blowzi·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.blowzy - characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women
blowsy, slatternly, sluttish
untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"
Translations
blowzy [ˈblauzɪ] adj (Brit) → peu soigné(e)
blowzy [ˈblauzɪ] (Brit) adj → schlampig
blowzy [ˈblauzɪ] adj → trasandato/a


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March, drawing the blowzy head to her shoulder and kissing the wet cheek so tenderly that Jo cried even harder.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
Her bowsprit cocked up like an old-fashioned frigate's; her jib-boom had been fished and spliced and nailed and clamped beyond further repair; and as she hove herself forward, and sat down on her broad tail, she looked for all the world like a blowzy, frousy, bad old woman sneering at a decent girl.
Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
"Don't laugh at her, or discourage her; let her find comfort in bibs and dust-pans, if she can," whispered Polly to Fan, while Maud took a joyful "header" among the pillows, and came up smiling and blowzy, for she loved house-work, and often got lectured for stolen visits to the kitchen, and surreptitious sweepings and dustings when the coast was clear.
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
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