Blowsy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈblaʊzi/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Blowsy is an adjective meaning Having a reddish, coarse complexion, especially with a pudgy face.
Meaning
Having a reddish, coarse complexion, especially with a pudgy face.
More Meanings
- Unrefined, countrified.
- (chiefly of a woman's hair or dress) Slovenly or unkempt, in the manner of a beggar or slattern.
Example Sentences
Her hair so untidy, so blowsy!
[…] with a face made blowsy by the cold and damp.
The hot, blowsy country, remote from danger, had a lonely, forgotten feeling.
[…] a man of, say, well-preserved sixty, with a blowsy plump face and fat white side-whiskers.
Word Forms
- blowsier
- blowsiest
- blousy
- blouzy
- blowsey
- blowzy
Synonyms for blowsy
Depending on context, synonyms include sluttish, untidy, slatternly, blowzy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include blowzy, untidy, sluttish, slatternly, blousy, blouzy.
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