Synonyms for frowzy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : frou-zee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfraʊ zi |
Définition of frowzy
Origin :- also frowsy, 1680s, possibly related to dialectal frowsty (q.v.).
- adj slovenly
- They passed a frowzy chambermaid, who stared at them with a yawn.
- Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
- It was still musty, close, and frowzy, with half-awakened passengers.
- Extract from : « Found At Blazing Star » by Bret Harte
- By day the streets are a depression, with their frowzy doss-houses and their vapour-baths.
- Extract from : « Nights in London » by Thomas Burke
- "Wehling," said the waiting father, sitting up, red-eyed and frowzy.
- Extract from : « 2 B R 0 2 B » by Kurt Vonnegut
- This, indeed, forms no part of their character; on the contrary they are what Swift would call a frowzy people.
- Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow
- But it was a mass of frowzy curls that seemed full of sunshine.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- Their immediate surroundings were a scrawny, frowzy landscape.
- Extract from : « The White Terror and The Red » by Abraham Cahan
- There was a great din of voices coming from its frowzy interior, and he wondered.
- Extract from : « The One-Way Trail » by Ridgwell Cullum
- By day the streets are a depression, with their frowzy doss-houses and their vapor-baths.
- Extract from : « Modern Essays » by John Macy
- His eyes could discover nothing that was not mean, ugly, frowzy, and unimaginative.
- Extract from : « The Roll-Call » by Arnold Bennett
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