mouse
54
7.8
- noun
- /maʊs/
- Informal
:
tímido
- You've been playing cat and mouse with me ever since you came here.
- quiet as a mouse
- man or a mouse
- a little mouse
I spent so many years like being a mouse and being too afraid to.
- I spent so many years like being a mouse and being too afraid to.
- There's no way to get off by yourself and be a docile white mouse.
- I just became this little timid mouse of vulnerability and and and and shit, I break.
- And you let that what's known as the bystander mouse, just hang out with the mouse that's in pain for one hour, just one hour.
- He says that he's so subdued by his antithesis that he views himself, heightened consciousness and all, as a mouse rather than as a man.
- And so Dostoevsky talks about the mouse that he uses, the word mouse for this person because they retreat into a little hole.
- So what are your rules for sort of either breaking down the braggart or maybe you're not, or boosting up the mouse?
Examples
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You've been acting like a mouse, but I want to challenge you to be a champion.
Blog text (21) -
Quiet as a mouse could be
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UNCLE HENRY: What are you, a man or a mouse?
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Of course you do, little mouse.
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Otherwise I'd still be a, a shy little mouse going into these events or, or doing anything that I thought I wasn't welcome in.
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Anne couldn't help it if she was like a soft, timid, brown field mouse.
Fiction book (1991) -
I felt as a mouse must feel, crouching unconcealed and shallow grass, cringing and hoping.
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In group discussions, she often feels like a mouse, too shy to voice her opinions.
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He was such a mouse in school that he hardly ever spoke up in class.
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They all overlooked him in the meeting; he was just a quiet mouse hiding in the corner.
Synonyms
4
2.5
A person who feels nervous around others and avoids social situations
4
8.1
A shy person who avoids standing out
A shy, quiet person who is gentle and not loud
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
3
1.6
An action of pressing and releasing a mouse button once to choose or open something
- Baby Talk
2
5.0
A children's game where players hold hands in a circle and try to catch someone inside
1
2.0
A small brownish-grey animal with a pointed nose and long tail that lives in houses near people
- US
1
9.4
A large dark mouse that lives in woods and swamps in the southeastern United States
- Specialized
1
7.2
A small brown mouse from North America with a white belly and long tail
- Specialized
1
7.2
A small hairless mouse with a weak immune system used in medical research
A small plant with white flowers that grows year after year in cold Arctic and mountain areas
A small gray mouse in North and Central America that lives in grain fields and tall grass
A small plant with white flowers and hairy leaves that grows in Arctic and mountain areas
A small brown mouse that is active at night and lives in woods and gardens in Europe
- Australian
A small animal like a mouse that glides between trees using skin between its legs
- Australian
A small Australian mammal with a pouch that looks like a mouse and eats insects
A small rodent from Mexico with fur lined cheek pouches for carrying food
- Offensive
A nickname for a law that extends copyright to help large media companies like Disney
- Specialized
A very small animal with hooves like a tiny deer that lives in Asian and African forests
- Specialized
A small plant with tiny white flowers that scientists often use in plant research
- Specialized
A small surgical tool that has tiny teeth at the tips and holds delicate body tissue
A small mouse from western North America that hunts insects and scorpions and makes loud howls
- UK
A small animal like a mouse with a bushy tail that lives in trees and is active at night
- Specialized
A small mouse with stiff fur and cheek pouches that lives in dry grasslands
A small animal like a mouse with a red back that lives in mountains of Europe, Asia, and North America
A small wireless tool shaped like a pen that moves the computer pointer for drawing and precise work
- US
A small mouse-like animal that lives underground and eats plant roots in the eastern United States
A small mouse in central United States grasslands that carries food in cheek pouches
- US
A small rodent active at night that lives in burrows and carries seeds in cheek pouches
- Australian
A small animal like a mouse that carries its young in a pouch and eats insects
How Shy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mouse for a shy person comes from the animal's quiet, small nature, so calling someone a mouse means they are timid or easily overlooked. That's why the word now describes a person who is quiet and gentle.