What is another word for frowzy?

Pronunciation: [fɹˈa͡ʊzi] (IPA)

Frowzy is a word that describes someone who looks or smells unclean and untidy. Synonyms for this word include unkempt, disheveled, scruffy, grubby, untidy, messy, shabby, unpolished, and slovenly. These words all convey the same sense of someone who has not taken care of their appearance or surroundings. Frowzy can also imply a sense of sterility, a lack of freshness or cleanliness. Synonyms that convey this sense include stale, musty, oppressive, stuffy, and airless. All of these words describe a space that is not well-ventilated and has not been thoroughly cleaned. Together, these synonyms paint a vivid picture of someone or something that is not pleasant to be around.

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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Frowzy

She knelt down there in the grave, her poor, frowzy head showin,' an' she tacked away like we told her to, an' she never said another word.
"Friendship Village"
Zona Gale
A lighter lay alongside loaded with sacks and cases, and the friction-winch shrieked and jerked the sling into the air as a gang of frowzy Greeks hooked them on.
"Command"
William McFee
On Friday, for the first time, I reminded my mother of my own accord that my head needed washing, that it was frowzy.
"Stories and Pictures"
Isaac Loeb Peretz

Famous quotes with Frowzy

  • Before, he had fought against the money code, and yet he had clung to his wretched remnant of decency. But now it was precisely from decency that he wanted to escape. He wanted to go down, deep down, into some world where decency no longer mattered; to cut the strings of his self-respect, to submerge himself—to , as Rosemary had said. It was all bound up in his mind with the thought of being . He liked to think of the lost people, the under-ground people: tramps, beggars, criminals, prostitutes. It is a good world that they inhabit, down there in their frowzy kips and spikes. He liked to think that beneath the world of money there is that great sluttish underworld where failure and success have no meaning; a sort of kingdom of ghosts where all are equal. That was where he wished to be, down in the ghost-kingdom, ambition. It comforted him somehow to think of the smoke-dim slums of South London sprawling on and on, a huge graceless wilderness where you could lose yourself forever.
    George Orwell
  • Sutton sensed resurrection and he fought against it, for death was so comfortable. Like a soft, warm bed. And resurrection was a strident, insistent, maddening alarm clock that shrilled across the predawn chill of a dreadful, frowzy room. Dreadful with its life and its bare reality and its sharp, sickening reminder that one must get up and walk into reality again.
    Clifford D. Simak

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