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frowsy

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frow·zy also frow·sy  (frouz)
adj. frow·zi·er also frow·si·er, frow·zi·est also frow·si·est
1. Unkempt; slovenly: frowzy clothes; a frowzy professor.
2. Having an unpleasant smell; musty: a frowzy pantry.
[Origin unknown.]
frowzi·ness n.
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Adj.1.frowsy - negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt; "filled the door with her frowzy bulk"; "frowzy white hair"; "slovenly appearance"
frowzy, slovenly
untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"
Translations
frowsy frowzy [ˈfraʊzɪ] ADJ (= dirty) → sucio; (= untidy) → desaliñado; (= smelly) → fétido, maloliente; (= neglected) → descuidado
frowsy, frowzy
adj (+er) (= unkempt) → schlampig, schlud(e)rig
frowsy frowzy [ˈfraʊzɪ] adj (person, clothes) → trasandato/a, sciatto/a; (room) → che puzza di chiuso
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A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Crane, Stephen View in context
And so I am but bones, now, with a rough and frowsy skin humped and cornered upon my shrunken body - that skin which was once so glossy, that skin which she loved to stroke with her hand.
A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context
The young man lifted it, placed it over the frowsy face and moved one of the grotesquely relaxed limbs into a more comfortable position.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
 
 
 
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