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frowzy

[frou-zee] / ˈfraʊ zi /
ADJECTIVE
slovenly
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Each year, right about now, I want to declare it Throw-in-the-Trowel-Week, as the aftermath of spring’s tender, joyous effusion goes beyond charmingly fuzzy to just plain frowzy and tattered.

From Seattle Times Jul. 13, 2021

“I was frowzy and unshaven and I get in the elevator, and there’s Betsy, coming back from lunch with three handsome men,” he said.

From New York Times Mar. 13, 2020

A frowzy mourning of soot and smoke attired this forlorn creation of Barnard, and it had strewed ashes on its head, and was undergoing penance and humiliation as a mere dust-hole.

From The New Yorker Dec. 28, 2016

However, I can opine about a cappella uniforms as a style choice—they put the F in frowzy, and two F’s in naff.

From Slate May 14, 2015

They brought Frankie in very dirty and frowzy.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

Ms. Staunton, a magnificent Momma Rose in “Gypsy” two years ago, is surely the frowziest, most compellingly neurotic Sally ever.

From New York Times Nov. 22, 2017

To transform one of Manhattan's frowziest avenues into a thing of beauty would be a man-size job.

From Time Magazine Archive




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