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frowsed

frowsed is the simple past and past participle of frowse.

Meaning of frowse

Verb

frowse (third-person singular simple present frowses, present participle frowsing, simple past and past participle frowsed)

  1. (transitive) To cause to be scruffy or untidy; to rumple or tangle.
  2. (intransitive) To move or be in a scruffy state or manner.
    • Podson, yawning and frowsing out of his blanket, gaped at this ultimatum in the dawn.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 88

Questions about frowsed

What is frowsed the simple past and past participle of?
Frowsed is the simple past and past participle of frowse.

Words near frowsed in the dictionary

  1. frowny
  2. frowny face
  3. frowny faces
  4. frows
  5. frowse
  6. frowsed
  7. frowses
  8. frowsier
  9. frowsiest
  10. frowsily
  11. frowsing

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