mousy

English - Turkish

Definition of mousy in English Turkish dictionary: mahcup; (hkr.) sessiz; (saç/kıl) mat kahverengi; çekingen; sıkıcı; mahçup/fare gibi; {s} fare gibi; {s} ürkek; {s} mahçup
mousiness: ürkeklik/fareye benzerlik

English - English

Definition of mousy in English English dictionary: Quiet, stealthy; Resembling a mouse; Timid; A greyish brown colour
It's a god-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair David Bowie - Life on Mars? (1971).; having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse; "a mousy grownish-gray color"; "mouse-colored hair"; "a mouselike rodent"; timid and ineffectual; {s} like a mouse; resembling a mouse; cowardly; quiet; drab; mice-infested (also mousey); Infested with mice; smelling of mice; Mousy hair is a dull light brown colour. He was aged between 25 and 30, with a medium build and collar-length mousy hair; timid and ineffectual having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse; "a mousy grownish-gray color"; "mouse-colored hair"; "a mouselike rodent; If you describe someone as mousy, you mean that they are quiet and shy and that people do not notice them. The Inspector remembered her as a small, mousy woman, invariably worried
mousey: timid and ineffectual
mousey: alternative spelling of mousy
mousiness: {i} state of resembling a mouse; timidness; drabness; mice-infestation
mousiness: The property of being mousy

mousy

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mou·sy

(adjective.) 1853. From mouse +‎ -y

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