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

Related Terms

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

Related Terms

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

Hyphenation

mou·sy

Synonyms

bashful, colorless, diffident, dull, indeterminate, ineffectual, pale, plain, self-effacing, shy, timid, timorous, unassertive, unassuming

Antonyms

beautiful, extroverted, fancy, fixed-up

Etymology

(adjective.) 1853. From mouse +‎ -y