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frowst

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /fɹaʊst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aʊst

1

noun

Meaning 1

Stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To enjoy being in a warm, close, stuffy place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Back-formation from frowsty.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: задух (zaduh) — stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room
  • Bulgarian: спарен въздух (sparen vǎzduh) — stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room
  • French: touffeur — stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room
  • French: mofette — stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room
  • Macedonian: за́дув (záduv) — stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room
  • Polish: zaduch — stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room
  • Polish: stęchlizna — stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room
  • Polish: duchota — stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room
  • Russian: духота́ (duxotá) — stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room
  • Russian: спёртость (spjórtostʹ) — stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room
  • Spanish: tufo — stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room
  • Spanish: tufarada — stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room
  • Spanish: mofeta — stuffiness; stifling warmth in a room
  • Bulgarian: стоя на затворено (stoja na zatvoreno) — to enjoy a warm, stuffy room
  • French: se calfeutrer — to enjoy a warm, stuffy room
  • French: se cloîtrer — to enjoy a warm, stuffy room
  • French: s'enfermer — to enjoy a warm, stuffy room
  • Italian: turarsi — to enjoy a warm, stuffy room
  • Spanish: encerrarse — to enjoy a warm, stuffy room
  • Spanish: enclaustrarse — to enjoy a warm, stuffy room
  • Spanish: recluirse — to enjoy a warm, stuffy room