- frowzy
- [ʹfraʋzı] a
1. затхлый, спёртый; душный; вонючий
frowzy room - непроветренная /душная/ комната
2. 1) грязный; неряшливый; нечёсаный2) редк. багровый (о цвете лица)
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
frowzy
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Frowzy — Frow zy, a. [See {Frouzy}.] Slovenly; unkempt; untidy; frouzy. With head all frowzy. Spenser. [1913 Webster] The frowzy soldiers wives hanging out clothes. W. D. Howells. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
frowzy — also frowsy, 1680s, possibly related to dialectal FROWSTY (Cf. frowsty) (q.v.) … Etymology dictionary
frowzy — blowsy, *slatternly, dowdy Analogous words: slovenly, unkempt, disheveled, sloppy, *slipshod: squalid, *dirty, filthy: *negligent, neglectful, lax, slack, remiss Antonyms: trim: smart Contrasted words: *neat … New Dictionary of Synonyms
frowzy — (also frowsy) ► ADJECTIVE (frowzier, frowziest) ▪ scruffy, dingy, and neglected in appearance. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
frowzy — [frou′zē] adj. frowzier, frowziest [< ?] 1. Rare bad smelling; musty 2. dirty and untidy; slovenly; unkempt: Also sp. frowsy frowzily adv. frowziness n … English World dictionary
frowzy — also frowsty BrE adjective 1 someone who is frowzy is not very clean or tidy and smells bad: a frowzy old woman who kept cats 2 a house or room that is frowzy has no fresh air in it and smells bad: The air in the room had become stale and frowzy … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
frowzy — frowz|y [ frauzi ] adjective AMERICAN 1. ) a frowzy person has a messy or dirty appearance 2. ) a frowzy room has an unpleasant smell because it does not have fresh air in it … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
frowzy — adjective see frowsy … New Collegiate Dictionary
frowzy — frowzily, adv. frowziness, n. /frow zee/, adj., frowzier, frowziest. 1. dirty and untidy; slovenly. 2. ill smelling; musty. Also, frouzy. [1675 85; orig. uncert.] * * * … Universalium
frowzy — adjective /ˈfɹaʊzi/ Alternative spelling of frowsy … Wiktionary
frowzy — Synonyms and related words: bad, bad smelling, beat up, bedraggled, blasted, blighted, blown, blowzy, careless, chintzy, despoiled, dilapidated, drabbletailed, draggled, draggletailed, fecal, fetid, flyblown, foul, frowsty, frowsy, frowy,… … Moby Thesaurus
