frowsy

/'frauzi/ Cách viết khác : (frowsy) /'frauzi/

Thân thiện

A woman with frowsy hair walks through a cluttered room.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Negligent of neatness, especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt. Describes a person, their appearance, or their surroundings that are messy, unclean, and show a lack of care.
   • Having an unpleasant, stale, or musty smell. Often implies a combination of physical untidiness and an associated odor.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The room had a frowsy smell of old food and damp clothes.
  • He was a frowsy old man with uncombed hair and stained clothing.
  • She avoided the frowsy boarding house with its threadbare carpets.

Advanced Usage

• "frowsy atmosphere": Describes an environment that feels stuffy, neglected, and possibly smelly.
  • The frowsy atmosphere of the antique shop was overwhelming.
• "frowsy and neglected": A common collocation emphasizing both untidiness and a lack of care.
  • The garden looked frowsy and neglected after years of abandonment.

Variants and Related Words

• Frowzy (adj): An alternative spelling with the same meaning.
  • The frowzy curtains had not been washed in years.
• Frowsiness (n): The state or quality of being frowsy.
  • The general frowsiness of the place was off-putting.

Synonyms

• Unkempt: Not combed or groomed; messy in appearance.
• Slovenly: Habitually untidy or dirty.
• Disheveled: (Of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered.
• Musty: Having a stale, moldy, or damp smell.

Antonyms

• Neat: Arranged in an orderly, tidy way.
• Tidy: Neat and orderly in appearance or procedure.
• Immaculate: Perfectly clean, neat, or tidy.
• Well-groomed: Neat and smart in appearance, with careful attention to cleanliness and detail.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "To look frowsy": To appear untidy and unclean.
  • After the long journey, they all looked rather frowsy.
• "A frowsy state": A condition of being untidy and neglected.
  • The room was in a frowsy state, with papers and clothes everywhere.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt
   • filled the door with her frowzy bulk
   • frowzy white hair
   • slovenly appearance

Từ đồng nghĩa

• frowzy
• slovenly