Frowzy

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  • adjective. Unkempt; slovenly.
  • adjective. Having an unpleasant smell; musty.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In a state of disorder; offensive to the eye; slovenly; soiled; dingy; unkempt; dirty: said especially of the dress or the hair.
  • Musty; rank; frowy.
  • Froward; peevish; surly.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Slovenly; unkempt; untidy; frouzy.
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  • adjective. Alternative spelling of frowsy
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt
    • Word Usage
    "And truly I saw Johnny Upright, and his good wife and fair daughters, and frowzy slavey, like so many ghosts flitting eastward through the gloom, the monster city roaring at their heels."
    Equivalent
    untidy  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anemic  close-shaven  deep-dyed  full-bottomed  fusty  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bad  bad-smelling  beat-up  bedraggled  blasted  
    variant
    frowzier  frowziest  
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