mousy
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5.9
- adjective
- /ˈmaʊsi/
:
tímido
- Bette Davis was a mousy girl, who had to escape her domineering mother to find herself.
- mousy girl
- mousy woman
- mousy man
She didn't really look like him but he very specific mousy look.
- She didn't really look like him but he very specific mousy look.
Examples
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Surprising to hear such a direct command from that mousy little person who wouldn't even look at her the first time they met.
Fiction book (1996) -
"Who would have thought that quiet, mousy guy was such a snake?" p108
Fiction book (1990) -
The only other person in sight was a mousy little woman who immediately turned away and started walking in the opposite direction.
Fiction book (2001) -
That mousy little girl Raymond was so attracted to that summer at the lake.
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Oh, the mousy one with the trench coat and the funny hat.
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A mousy little clerk like you, just chasing your entire life after criminals.
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Frida is mousy and frumpy.
Fiction book (1999) -
Jack Martin is a thin, mousy man in his mid-50s, wearing a Dick Tracy hat.
Fiction book (1991) -
A middle-aged, mousy-looking man in a conservative suit and wire-rimmed spectacles is addressing his remarks to someone off-screen.
Fiction book (1994) -
As a mousy student, she often went unnoticed in the busy classroom.
Synonyms
343
1.0
Nervous and likely to avoid people or new situations
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9.4
Not brave or willing to try new things
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9.9
Feeling shy and unsure about what to do
A quiet shy person who does not speak up
Antonyms
How Shy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mousy comes from the animal mouse, which is small and shy. So a 'mousy' person is quiet, timid, and not very confident.