frowzy

Examples

• All

• He always dresses in a frowzy manner, with wrinkled clothes and unkempt hair.

• He was all frowzy and his hair was going in all directions.

  Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul (2017)

• After a moment, the curtain moved aside, and a small, plump, frowzy-looking Hispanic woman in a dark green smock came in.

  Fiction book (1996)

• She was known for her frowzy appearance, often wearing mismatched and dirty clothes.

• After weeks without a haircut, he looked frowzy and disheveled.

Synonyms

F

frumpy

vsfrowzy

• Informal

11 7.3

Clothes or a person that look old-fashioned and not attractive

focuses on dirtiness and habitual unkempt personal appearance rather than old style

S

slovenly

vsfrowzy

5 6.9

Being messy and dirty in the way a person looks or acts

is about ongoing negligence of neatness especially personal dress

S

slobby

vsfrowzy

• Informal

1 7.4

Messy and untidy in how a person or place looks

stresses habitual dirtiness and neglect of neat appearance

F

frowzled

vsfrowzy

• Archaic

9.9

Very untidy so hair and clothes look messy

refers to habitual uncleanliness rather than a single messy state

B

blowzy

vsfrowzy

• Offensive

9.9

A woman who looks untidy and a little rough

is neutral neglect of neatness without implied coarseness

Antonyms

C

clean

∞ 1.0

Free from dirt or harmful things

W

well-groomed

9 3.5

Neat and tidy in appearance with clean clothes and neat hair

How Unkempt

frowzy

1 9.9

unkempt

13 5.1

scruffy

23 3.8

neat

144 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology