blowsy
/ˈblaʊzi/
blowsy adjective: having a reddish, coarse complexion, especially with a pudgy face.
Adjective
blowsy (comparative blowsier, superlative blowsiest)
- Having a reddish, coarse complexion, especially with a pudgy face.
- They put me in mind of a poor Girl, a Miss Peachy (a real, & in the end, a melancholy Story)—she was a fine young Woman; but thinking herself too ruddy & blowsy, it was her Custom to bleed herself (an Art she had learn’d on purpose) 3 or 4 times against the Rugby Races in order to appear more...1778, Samuel Crisp, The early journals and letters of Fanny Burney, volume III, published 1994, page 188
- […] with a face made blowsy by the cold and damp.1861, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XI, in Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, part I, page 186
- Slovenly or unkempt, in the manner of a beggar or slattern.
- Her hair so untidy, so blowsy!1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 8, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC
- The double-breasted blazer which is on every front row this season came with an elbow-length sleeve for spring, while jumpsuits, a signature of the label, came slinky and tailored or in a blowsier boiler suit silhouette.2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian
- Unrefined, countrified.
- He longed for the warmth and the smells of his favourite haunts—Gilpin's with oysters frizzling in a dozen pans, and noble odours stealing from the tap-room, the Green Man with its tripe-suppers, Wanless's Coffee House, noted for its cuts of beef and its white puddings. He would give much to be in...1921, John Buchan, chapter 11, in The Path of the King, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- The hot, blowsy country, remote from danger, had a lonely, forgotten feeling.1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC
blowsy meaning in Malayalam
blowsy in Malayalam
- sloppy, untidy, scruffy
- തടിച്ചീവൃത്തികെട്ടവളായ, വൃത്തിയില്ലാത്തവളായ, അവലക്ഷണം പിടിച്ച, വെടിപ്പില്ലാത്ത, വൃത്തിയും വെടുപ്പുമില്ലാത്ത, മുഷിഞ്ഞ
Examples of blowsy in a sentence
- […] a man of, say, well-preserved sixty, with a blowsy plump face and fat white side-whiskers.1913, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 13, in The Day of Days:
- He would give much to be in a chair by one of those hearths and in the thick of that blowsy fragrance.1921, John Buchan, chapter 11, in The Path of the King, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
Forms of blowsy
| comparative | blowsier |
|---|---|
| superlative | blowsiest |
| alternative form | blousy |
| alternative form | blouzy |
| alternative form | blowsey |
| alternative form | blowzy |
Origin of blowsy
From blows(e) + -y.
Words formed from blowsy
Words that rhyme with blowsy
Questions about blowsy
- What does blowsy mean?
- Blowsy means having a reddish, coarse complexion, especially with a pudgy face.
- What is blowsy in Malayalam?
- Blowsy in Malayalam is തടിച്ചീവൃത്തികെട്ടവളായ, വൃത്തിയില്ലാത്തവളായ, അവലക്ഷണം പിടിച്ച. See Blowsy meaning in Malayalam.
- How do you use blowsy in a sentence?
- […] a man of, say, well-preserved sixty, with a blowsy plump face and fat white side-whiskers.
- What part of speech is blowsy?
- Blowsy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce blowsy?
- Blowsy is pronounced /ˈblaʊzi/.
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