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blowzed

blowzed adjective: rendered blowsy by weather, drink, exertion, etc.

Adjective

blowzed (comparative more blowzed, superlative most blowzed)

  1. Rendered blowsy by weather, drink, exertion, etc.
    • You know the church is two miles off, and I protest I don't like to see my daughters trudging up to their pew all blowzed and red with walking, and looking for all the world as ift hey had been winners at a smock race.1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield
    • Suffice it to say, the day was glorious and the company jovial ; we were bustling, blowzed and boisterous to the full measure of our wishes ; and the festivities of the occasion, as the newspapers say, " went off with great hilarity and good feeling.1832, Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, The New-England Magazine - Volume 3, page 123
    Synonyms:
    blowsy, blowzy

Examples of blowzed in a sentence

  • Huge women blowzed with health and wind and rain1847, Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Princess:
  • With Tourlou's lady I could have no sympathy; she being a fat, blowzed, arrogant creature that would stand upon her position, whatever that might be.1859, The Living Age - Volume 60, page 173:
  • " What a blowzed condition you are in, child !1875, Mary Cowden Clarke, The Iron Cousin ; Or, Mutual Influence, page 39:
  • Crew all blowzed, but a slack day to-morrow, as Macrae must coal up.1912, Frank Sidgwick, Treasure of Thule: A Romance of Orkney, page 299:

Synonyms of blowzed

Forms of blowzed

comparativemore blowzed
superlativemost blowzed

Questions about blowzed

What does blowzed mean?
Blowzed means rendered blowsy by weather, drink, exertion, etc.
How do you use blowzed in a sentence?
Huge women blowzed with health and wind and rain
What part of speech is blowzed?
Blowzed is an adjective.

Words near blowzed in the dictionary

  1. blowup dolls
  2. blowups
  3. blowvalve
  4. blowy
  5. blowze
  6. blowzed
  7. blowzes
  8. blowzier
  9. blowziest
  10. blowzily
  11. blowziness

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