mousy
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mous·y
also mous·ey (mou′sē, -zē)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.
mousy
(ˈmaʊsɪ) ,mousey
ormousie
adj, mousier or mousiest
1. (Hairdressing & Grooming) resembling a mouse, esp in having a light brown or greyish hair colour
2. shy or ineffectual: a mousy little woman.
3. (Zoology) infested with mice
ˈmousily adv
ˈmousiness n
mous•y
or mous•ey
(ˈmaʊ si, -zi)adj. mous•i•er, mous•i•est.
1. resembling or suggesting a mouse, as in being drab and colorless or meek and timid.
2. infested with mice.
[1805–15]
mous′i•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | mousy - quiet and timid and ineffectual timid - showing fear and lack of confidence |
2. | mousy - infested with mice | |
3. | mousy - of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse; "a mousy brownish-grey color"; "mousy hair"; "mouse-colored hair" chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue |
mousy
mouseyadjective
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
بِلَوْن الفَأْرجَبان، رِعْديد
mdle hnědýnesmělýnudný
forskræmtkedeligkommunefarvet
egérszürke
grábrúnn á litinnóframfærinn
hnedosivá farba
çekingendonuk kahverengi
mousy
, mouseyadj (+er) (= timid, shy) → schüchtern; (= nondescript) → farblos, unscheinbar; colour, hair → mausgrau
mouse
(maus) – plural mice (mais) – noun1. any of several types of small furry gnawing animal with a long tail, found in houses and in fields.
2. (computers) a device that is used to move the cursor on a computer screen and to give instructions to a computer.
ˈmousy adjective1. (of hair) dull brown in colour.
2. timid; uninteresting. a mousy little woman.
ˈmousehole noun a hole made or used by mice.
ˈmousetrap noun a mechanical trap for a mouse.