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.
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Frowsy
//ˈfɹaʊ.zi//
Synonyms for "frowsy" (44 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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Related words (22)
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Translations
7 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- запуснат adj (having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance)
Catalan
1 entries- desendreçat adj (having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance)
Czech
1 entries- zanedbaný adj (having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance)
Finnish
1 entries- resuinen adj (having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance)
Polish
3 entries- niechlujny adj (having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance)
- zaniedbany adj (having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance)
- zapuszczony adj (having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance)
Sample sentences
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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 convenience of their friends.
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Having, like Jude, made rather a hasty toilet to catch the train, Arabella looked a little frowsy, and her face was very far from possessing the animation which had characterized it at the bar the night before.
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Frowsy girls sat along the curbstones before their baskets.
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