frowzy

Synonyms for frowzy

adj slovenly

adjective. wrinkled, unkempt in appearance

adjective. poorly dressed; old-fashioned

adjective. dirty, disheveled

adjective. foul-smelling

adjective. stuffy, aged

also frowsy, 1680s, possibly related to dialectal frowsty (q.v.).

They passed a frowzy chambermaid, who stared at them with a yawn.

It was still musty, close, and frowzy, with half-awakened passengers.

By day the streets are a depression, with their frowzy doss-houses and their vapour-baths.

"Wehling," said the waiting father, sitting up, red-eyed and frowzy.

This, indeed, forms no part of their character; on the contrary they are what Swift would call a frowzy people.

But it was a mass of frowzy curls that seemed full of sunshine.

Their immediate surroundings were a scrawny, frowzy landscape.

There was a great din of voices coming from its frowzy interior, and he wondered.

By day the streets are a depression, with their frowzy doss-houses and their vapor-baths.

His eyes could discover nothing that was not mean, ugly, frowzy, and unimaginative.