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frowsy

Syllables: frow·sy/ˈfɹaʊ.zi/

frowsy adjective: having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance.

Adjective

frowsy (comparative frowsier, superlative frowsiest)

  1. Having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance.
    • And then, ſo nice, and ſo genteel; / Such Cleanlineſs from Head to Heel: / No Humours groſs, or frowzy Steams, / No noiſom Whiffs, or ſweaty Streams, / Before, behind, above, below, / Could from her taintleſs Body flow.1731, [Jonathan Swift], “Strephon and Chloe”, in A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed. […], Dublin; London: […] [William Bowyer] for J. Roberts […], published 1734, →OCLC, page 8
    • I was terribly afraid, from what I had heard of Blackwater Park, of fatiguing antique chairs, and dismal stained glass, and musty, frowzy hangings, and all the barbarous lumber which people born without a sense of comfort accumulate about them, in defiance of all consideration due to the...1859 November 26 – 1860 August 25, [William] Wilkie Collins, “The Narrative of Marian Halcombe, Taken from Her Diary”, in The Woman in White. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], published...

frowsy meaning in Tamil

frowsy in Tamil

ஊசிப்போன, ஊசலான, சளித்த, புளித்த, துர்நாற்றமடிக்கும், பதனழிந்த

Forms of frowsy

comparativefrowsier
superlativefrowsiest
alternative formfrowzy

Origin of frowsy

Unknown, but perhaps related to the dialectal adjective frowsty. Attested since the 1680s.

Words formed from frowsy

Questions about frowsy

What does frowsy mean?
Frowsy means having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance.
What is frowsy in Tamil?
Frowsy in Tamil is ஊசிப்போன, ஊசலான, சளித்த. See Frowsy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is frowsy?
Frowsy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce frowsy?
Frowsy is pronounced /ˈfɹaʊ.zi/.

Words near frowsy in the dictionary

  1. frowstily
  2. frowstiness
  3. frowsting
  4. frowsts
  5. frowsty
  6. frowsy
  7. frowze
  8. frowzed
  9. frowzes
  10. frowzier
  11. frowziest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frowsy (page history and authors); frowsy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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