Definition of frowzy in English:

frowzy

(also frowsy)

adjectivefrowzier, frowsier, frowsiest, frowziest ˈfraʊziˈfraʊzi

1Scruffy and neglected in appearance.
肮脏的，不整洁的；邋遢的
seedy-looking doormen in frowzy uniforms
Example sentencesExamples
- I don't know if dog and cat diabetes are handled similarly but one of my cats was losing weight, his coat was frowsy and he drank a lot of water and urinated a lot at once.
- A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.
- Only the few spots held as cattle ranches under private ownership continue to look frowzy and wasted; but the condition of even these has been greatly improved under protection from the sheep scourge.
- Diaz is frowsy, whiny and has no chemistry with any other character.
- Again I gave a civil evasion to the girl's trivial question, and as I did so her companion, looking over her frowzy pompadour, stared at me with insolent familiarity.
- On top was a frowzy cushion with what looked like an iron-on picture of a dragon.
- On a bench nearby a frowzy loafer opened his red eyes and perceived that his moral support was due a downtrodden brother.
- Two rather frowsy saloon girls, adorned with feathers and too much paint, were leaning against the bar, half-asleep.
- And don't get me started on the frowzy little strips of bunting that many business houses feel so fully demonstrates good corporate citizenship, or the contrived costuming of employees in the same pursuit.
- During the course of his tale, an old lady enters the café and sits next to the frowzy storyteller.
- You know, that you are so frowzy that I simply cannot not hand you the money.
- In 1905, Elbert Hubbard wrote in the Leavenworth Times of Kansas that ‘The girls at a Fred Harvey place never look dowdy, frowsy, tired, slipshod or overworked.’
- The lone exception is basketball, where the uniforms just hang down all unkempt and frowzy.
- The rising moon, like Celia, appears to be frowzy, dirty, red and wrinkled.
- A Tribune reporter insisted that ‘all the red-headed, cross-eyed and frowsy servant girls’ in the city turned out for the occasion.
Synonyms
scruffy, unkempt, untidy, sloppy, messy, dishevelled, slovenly, slatternly, bedraggled, down at heel, ill-dressed, badly dressed, dowdy
North American informal raggedy
1. 1.1 Dingy and stuffy.
  阴暗而不透气的
  a frowzy drinking-club
  阴暗而又不通风的酒吧。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's wonderful, the amount of litter they manage to accumulate in these frowsy little shops where the whole stock is worth about fifty quid.
  He had seen it lying in the window of a frowsy little junk-shop in a slummy quarter of the town (just what quarter he did not now remember) and had been stricken immediately by an overwhelming desire to possess it.
  Synonyms
  dingy, gloomy, dull, drab, dark, badly/poorly lit, dim
  stuffy, close, musty, stale, stagnant, stifling, suffocating, unfresh
  shabby, seedy, run down, tacky
  British frowsty, fuggy

Derivatives

frowziness

nounˈfraʊzɪnəsˈfraʊzinəs

We got back a week ago quite dismal at having to leave Italy, and are slowly getting used to the frowsiness of our glorious country.
Example sentencesExamples
- The question has arisen in other lands, prompted by the conduct and language and the studied physical and moral frowsiness of individuals who have identified themselves with radical movements.
- Even Calvin would be embarrassed by the frowziness of it.
- In that tradeoff, though, I start to rank myself against the slick rather than the good, and my own frowziness becomes blindingly visible.
- The bed was so good that it tended to highlight the frowziness of the chairs and other furniture fittings.

Origin

Late 17th century (originally dialect): of unknown origin.

Rhymes

blowsy, Dalhousie, drowsy, housey-housey, lousy

Definition of frowzy in US English:

frowzy

(also frowsy)

adjectiveˈfrouzēˈfraʊzi

1Scruffy and neglected in appearance.
肮脏的，不整洁的；邋遢的
Example sentencesExamples
- A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton.
- Diaz is frowsy, whiny and has no chemistry with any other character.
- On a bench nearby a frowzy loafer opened his red eyes and perceived that his moral support was due a downtrodden brother.
- The rising moon, like Celia, appears to be frowzy, dirty, red and wrinkled.
- You know, that you are so frowzy that I simply cannot not hand you the money.
- Only the few spots held as cattle ranches under private ownership continue to look frowzy and wasted; but the condition of even these has been greatly improved under protection from the sheep scourge.
- Two rather frowsy saloon girls, adorned with feathers and too much paint, were leaning against the bar, half-asleep.
- On top was a frowzy cushion with what looked like an iron-on picture of a dragon.
- In 1905, Elbert Hubbard wrote in the Leavenworth Times of Kansas that ‘The girls at a Fred Harvey place never look dowdy, frowsy, tired, slipshod or overworked.’
- I don't know if dog and cat diabetes are handled similarly but one of my cats was losing weight, his coat was frowsy and he drank a lot of water and urinated a lot at once.
- Again I gave a civil evasion to the girl's trivial question, and as I did so her companion, looking over her frowzy pompadour, stared at me with insolent familiarity.
- During the course of his tale, an old lady enters the café and sits next to the frowzy storyteller.
- And don't get me started on the frowzy little strips of bunting that many business houses feel so fully demonstrates good corporate citizenship, or the contrived costuming of employees in the same pursuit.
- The lone exception is basketball, where the uniforms just hang down all unkempt and frowzy.
- A Tribune reporter insisted that ‘all the red-headed, cross-eyed and frowsy servant girls’ in the city turned out for the occasion.
Synonyms
scruffy, unkempt, untidy, sloppy, messy, dishevelled, slovenly, slatternly, bedraggled, down at heel, ill-dressed, badly dressed, dowdy
1. 1.1 Dingy and stuffy.
  阴暗而不透气的
  a frowzy nightclub
  阴暗而又不通风的酒吧。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's wonderful, the amount of litter they manage to accumulate in these frowsy little shops where the whole stock is worth about fifty quid.
  He had seen it lying in the window of a frowsy little junk-shop in a slummy quarter of the town (just what quarter he did not now remember) and had been stricken immediately by an overwhelming desire to possess it.
  Synonyms
  dingy, gloomy, dull, drab, dark, badly lit, poorly lit, dim

Origin

Late 17th century (originally dialect): of unknown origin.

词汇	frowzy
释义	Definition of frowzy in English: frowzy (also frowsy) adjectivefrowzier, frowsier, frowsiest, frowziest ˈfraʊziˈfraʊzi 1Scruffy and neglected in appearance. 肮脏的，不整洁的；邋遢的 seedy-looking doormen in frowzy uniforms Example sentencesExamples I don't know if dog and cat diabetes are handled similarly but one of my cats was losing weight, his coat was frowsy and he drank a lot of water and urinated a lot at once. A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton. Only the few spots held as cattle ranches under private ownership continue to look frowzy and wasted; but the condition of even these has been greatly improved under protection from the sheep scourge. Diaz is frowsy, whiny and has no chemistry with any other character. Again I gave a civil evasion to the girl's trivial question, and as I did so her companion, looking over her frowzy pompadour, stared at me with insolent familiarity. On top was a frowzy cushion with what looked like an iron-on picture of a dragon. On a bench nearby a frowzy loafer opened his red eyes and perceived that his moral support was due a downtrodden brother. Two rather frowsy saloon girls, adorned with feathers and too much paint, were leaning against the bar, half-asleep. And don't get me started on the frowzy little strips of bunting that many business houses feel so fully demonstrates good corporate citizenship, or the contrived costuming of employees in the same pursuit. During the course of his tale, an old lady enters the café and sits next to the frowzy storyteller. You know, that you are so frowzy that I simply cannot not hand you the money. In 1905, Elbert Hubbard wrote in the Leavenworth Times of Kansas that ‘The girls at a Fred Harvey place never look dowdy, frowsy, tired, slipshod or overworked.’ The lone exception is basketball, where the uniforms just hang down all unkempt and frowzy. The rising moon, like Celia, appears to be frowzy, dirty, red and wrinkled. A Tribune reporter insisted that ‘all the red-headed, cross-eyed and frowsy servant girls’ in the city turned out for the occasion. Synonyms scruffy, unkempt, untidy, sloppy, messy, dishevelled, slovenly, slatternly, bedraggled, down at heel, ill-dressed, badly dressed, dowdy North American informal raggedy 1.1 Dingy and stuffy. 阴暗而不透气的 a frowzy drinking-club 阴暗而又不通风的酒吧。 Example sentencesExamples It's wonderful, the amount of litter they manage to accumulate in these frowsy little shops where the whole stock is worth about fifty quid. He had seen it lying in the window of a frowsy little junk-shop in a slummy quarter of the town (just what quarter he did not now remember) and had been stricken immediately by an overwhelming desire to possess it. Synonyms dingy, gloomy, dull, drab, dark, badly/poorly lit, dim stuffy, close, musty, stale, stagnant, stifling, suffocating, unfresh shabby, seedy, run down, tacky British frowsty, fuggy Derivatives frowziness nounˈfraʊzɪnəsˈfraʊzinəs We got back a week ago quite dismal at having to leave Italy, and are slowly getting used to the frowsiness of our glorious country. Example sentencesExamples The question has arisen in other lands, prompted by the conduct and language and the studied physical and moral frowsiness of individuals who have identified themselves with radical movements. Even Calvin would be embarrassed by the frowziness of it. In that tradeoff, though, I start to rank myself against the slick rather than the good, and my own frowziness becomes blindingly visible. The bed was so good that it tended to highlight the frowziness of the chairs and other furniture fittings. Origin Late 17th century (originally dialect): of unknown origin. Rhymes blowsy, Dalhousie, drowsy, housey-housey, lousy Definition of frowzy in US English: frowzy (also frowsy) adjectiveˈfrouzēˈfraʊzi 1Scruffy and neglected in appearance. 肮脏的，不整洁的；邋遢的 Example sentencesExamples A submissive orchestra dictated to by a spectacled man with frowsy hair and a dress suit, industriously followed the bobs of his head and the waves of his baton. Diaz is frowsy, whiny and has no chemistry with any other character. On a bench nearby a frowzy loafer opened his red eyes and perceived that his moral support was due a downtrodden brother. The rising moon, like Celia, appears to be frowzy, dirty, red and wrinkled. You know, that you are so frowzy that I simply cannot not hand you the money. Only the few spots held as cattle ranches under private ownership continue to look frowzy and wasted; but the condition of even these has been greatly improved under protection from the sheep scourge. Two rather frowsy saloon girls, adorned with feathers and too much paint, were leaning against the bar, half-asleep. On top was a frowzy cushion with what looked like an iron-on picture of a dragon. In 1905, Elbert Hubbard wrote in the Leavenworth Times of Kansas that ‘The girls at a Fred Harvey place never look dowdy, frowsy, tired, slipshod or overworked.’ I don't know if dog and cat diabetes are handled similarly but one of my cats was losing weight, his coat was frowsy and he drank a lot of water and urinated a lot at once. Again I gave a civil evasion to the girl's trivial question, and as I did so her companion, looking over her frowzy pompadour, stared at me with insolent familiarity. During the course of his tale, an old lady enters the café and sits next to the frowzy storyteller. And don't get me started on the frowzy little strips of bunting that many business houses feel so fully demonstrates good corporate citizenship, or the contrived costuming of employees in the same pursuit. The lone exception is basketball, where the uniforms just hang down all unkempt and frowzy. A Tribune reporter insisted that ‘all the red-headed, cross-eyed and frowsy servant girls’ in the city turned out for the occasion. Synonyms scruffy, unkempt, untidy, sloppy, messy, dishevelled, slovenly, slatternly, bedraggled, down at heel, ill-dressed, badly dressed, dowdy 1.1 Dingy and stuffy. 阴暗而不透气的 a frowzy nightclub 阴暗而又不通风的酒吧。 Example sentencesExamples It's wonderful, the amount of litter they manage to accumulate in these frowsy little shops where the whole stock is worth about fifty quid. He had seen it lying in the window of a frowsy little junk-shop in a slummy quarter of the town (just what quarter he did not now remember) and had been stricken immediately by an overwhelming desire to possess it. Synonyms dingy, gloomy, dull, drab, dark, badly lit, poorly lit, dim Origin Late 17th century (originally dialect): of unknown origin.
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