adj
Meaning 1
Having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
frowsy
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/ˈfɹaʊ.zi/
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- filled the door with her frowzy bulk
- frowzy white hair
- slovenly appearance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: frowzy, slovenly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Unknown, but perhaps related to the dialectal adjective frowsty. Attested since the 1680s.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: запуснат (zapusnat) — having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance
- Catalan: desendreçat — having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance
- Czech: zanedbaný — having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance
- Finnish: resuinen — having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance
- Polish: zapuszczony — having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance
- Polish: zaniedbany — having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance
- Polish: niechlujny — having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance