She was mousy and frail, but she ran the office with an iron fist.
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Mousy
/ˈmaʊsi/
Synonyms for "mousy" (182 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (54)
drabdrearydulldundustyecholessfaintheartedfearfulfearingfearsomeflatfunkingfunkyglaucescentglaucousgoosygraygray-blackgray-browngray-colored
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Adjective(3 words)
Related words (91)
Adjective(8 words)
mouse-graymouselikemouseynervousnoiselessovertimidovertimorouspanic-pronepanickypearlpearl-graypearlypigeonheartedplainquaker-coloredquiescentquietrabbityrattyrodent
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rodentialsadscaryself-consciousself-effacingshakyshamefacedshamefastshiveryshrinkingshysilentsilversilver-graysilveredsilverysissifiedsissyskitteryskittishslate-coloredslatysmoke-graysmokysobersoftsombersoundlessstammeringstartlishsteel-graysteelystillstill as deathstillystone-coloredsubaudibletaupetimidtimoroustremblingtremuloustrepidanttrigger happytrigger-happyunarticulatedunhearableunmanlyunmannedunpronouncedunsoundedunutteredunvocalizedunvoicedverminousweakweak kneedweak-kneedweakheartedwhistwhite-liveredyellow
Noun(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
7 entriesappearance attributeappearance descriptorbehavioral attributehair colorpersonality traitsize descriptortemperament
More specific
3 entriesCollocations
5 entriesmousy appearancemousy brownmousy hairmousy mannermousy voice
Inflections
2 entriesmore mousymost mousy
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
8 translations across 8 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- мышы́ны adj (resembling a mouse)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ми́ши adj (resembling a mouse)
Czech
1 entries- myší adj (resembling a mouse)
German
1 entries- mausgrau adj (resembling a mouse)
Polish
1 entries- mysi adj (resembling a mouse)
Russian
1 entries- мыши́ный adj (resembling a mouse)
Slovak
1 entries- myšací adj (resembling a mouse)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ми́шачий adj (resembling a mouse)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
She's a mousy woman.
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Yanni was a shy mousy student.
Source: tatoeba (9072472)
It smells mousy. Is there a mouse in your house?
Source: tatoeba (10473613)
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