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😶 Shy and quiet 🐭 Full of mice 🟫 Dull brown-grey
mousey

mousey

1 5.4
A dull pale brown or grey colour like mouse fur
  • adjective
  • /ˈmaʊsi/
: marrón grisáceo
  • He painted the walls in a mousey shade to create a calm and neutral atmosphere.

Examples

  • Her hair was a dull, mousey brown that seemed to blend in with the autumn leaves.

  • This is like it's like a cream, it's like mousy creamy goodness and I want to put it in my mouth.

  • I think mouse definitely mousy brown is like the word mousy yeah like non colour.

  • The kitten had a mousey coat that made her look very unassuming.

Synonyms

mousy
vsmousey
2 4.8

A dull pale brown color like light brown hair

is similar but mainly used for hair rather than fabrics
mouse-colored
vsmousey
1 5.3

A dull pale brownish grey color like a mouse's fur

is the adjective form with a -y ending used for hair or color

Antonyms

bright
257 1.0

Having a strong, vivid color that is easy to notice

vibrant
24 3.6

Full of bright, strong colors that attract attention

How Muted

pale
301 1.0
mousey
1 5.4
brown
834 1.0
deep brown
4 1.0

Surface Forms

mousey positive

Morphology

mousey = mouse (transparent) = mouse + y

Adjectival formation meaning 'having the colour or appearance of a mouse', which learners can infer from the animal.

Etymology

Mousey comes from mouse and the ending -y, meaning 'like a mouse'. Because a mouse's fur is a dull pale brown or grey, mousey hair or paint means that dull brown-grey colour.