WordNet
- negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt; "filled the door with her frowzy bulk"; "frowzy white hair"; "slovenly appearance" (同)frowzy, slovenly
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- (髪などが)だらしない,汚い / 《まれ》(部屋などが)いやなにおいのする,むっとする
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- Full Definition of FROWSY 1: musty, stale <a frowsy smell of stale beer and stale smoke — W. S. Maugham> 2: having a slovenly or uncared-for appearance <a couple of frowsy stuffed chairs — R. M. Williams> See frowsy defined for English-language learners
- frowzy / ˈfraʊ zi / Show Spelled [frou-zee] Show IPA adjective, frowzier, frowziest. 1. dirty and untidy; slovenly. 2. ill-smelling; musty. Also, frouzy. Origin: 1675–85; origin uncertain Related forms frowzily, adverb frowziness, noun