mousy (redirected from mousiness)

mous·y also mous·ey  (mous, -z)

adj. mous·i·er, mous·i·est

1. Resembling a mouse, especially:

a. Having a drab, pale brown color: mousy hair.

b. Having small sharp features: a mousy face.

c. Quiet; timid; shy.

2. Infested with mice.

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mousy, mousey [ˈmaʊsɪ]

adj mousier, mousiest

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) resembling a mouse, esp in having a light brown or greyish hair colour

2. shy or ineffectual a mousy little woman

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) infested with mice

mousily  adv

mousiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	mousy - quiet and timid and ineffectual mousey timid - showing fear and lack of confidence
	2.	mousy - infested with mice mousey
	3.	mousy - of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse; "a mousy brownish-grey color"; "mousy hair"; "mouse-colored hair" mouse-colored, mouselike, mousey chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

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mousy mousey

adjective

1. brownish, plain, dull, drab, colourless, indeterminate a man of medium build and collar-length mousy hair

2. shy, quiet, timid, ineffectual, self-effacing, diffident, timorous, unassertive He remembered her as a small, mousy woman, invariably worried.

Translations

mousy [ˈmaʊsɪ] ADJ (mousier (compar) (mousiest (superl))) [person] → tímido; [colour, hair] → pardusco

mousy [ˈmaʊsi] adj

[person] → effacé(e)

[hair] → (brun) terne

mousy, mousey

adj (+er) (= timid, shy) → schüchtern; (= nondescript) → farblos, unscheinbar; colour, hair → mausgrau

mousy mousey [ˈmaʊsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → timido/a, schivo/a
mousy hair → capelli color castano spento

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mousy mousey [ˈmaʊsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → timido/a, schivo/a
mousy hair → capelli color castano spento