- frowsy
- adjunpleasant, nasty. The word, used by UK adolescents since around 2000, may be an alteration or mis-hearing of the archaic 'frowsty' which, since the 19th century, has meant smelly, stuffy, oppressive.
Contemporary slang . 2014.
frowsy
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frowsy — or frowzy adjective (frowsier or frowzier; est) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1681 1. musty, stale < a frowsy smell of stale beer and stale smoke W. S. Maugham > 2. having a slovenly or uncared for appearance < a couple of frowsy stuffed chairs … New Collegiate Dictionary
frowsy — adjective /ˈfɹæʊzi/ Having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance. He had seen it lying in the window of a frowsy little junk shop in a slummy quarter of the town (just what quarter he did not now remember) and had been stricken immediately… … Wiktionary
frowsy — frowsily, adv. frowsiness, n. /frow zee/, adj., frowsier, frowsiest. frowzy. Also, frousy. * * * … Universalium
frowsy — Synonyms and related words: blowsy, dowdy, draggletailed, funky, fusty, lax, musty, neglectful, negligent, noisome, rank, reeking, remiss, slack, slattern, smelly, sordid, stale, stinking … Moby Thesaurus
frowsy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unkempt, slovenly, frumpy. See uncleanness, vulgarity. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective See frowzy … English dictionary for students
frowsy — adj. untidy, unkempt; slatternly, slovenly … English contemporary dictionary
frowsy — frow·sy … English syllables
frowsy — frows•y [[t]ˈfraʊ zi[/t]] adj. frows•i•er, frows•i•est frowzy … From formal English to slang
frowsy — заплесневелый … English-Russian travelling dictionary
frowsy — adjective negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt filled the door with her frowzy bulk frowzy white hair slovenly appearance • Syn: ↑frowzy, ↑slovenly • Similar to: ↑untidy … Useful english dictionary
