[
UK
/blˈəʊsi/
]
ADJECTIVE
- characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women
How To Use blowsy In A Sentence
- When I first went out to readings and met people I did get a sense that they hoped this blowsy, loudmouthed, oversexed creature was going to burst forth.
- Whether Mr. Carrollton liked "blowsy" complexions or not, he certainly admired Maggie's at that moment, and drawing her closer to his side, he said, half playfully, half earnestly: "To see you thus anxious for me, Maggie, more than atones for your waywardness when last we parted. Maggie Miller
- A blowsy kitchen helper is full of sage advice. There's also a younger brother to tell him what to do.
- The actress, as the blowsy, chain - smoking dance teacher, is sadly underused.
- Hibiscus 'Peppermint Schnapps' - For an explosion of blowsy bloom in late summer, you can't grow anything better than hibiscus. My Plant Safari Photos (at Sugar Creek) « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog
- On the other side, a blowsy woman in peasant garb leans back on a swing, revealing a full view up her petticoats.
- She had come, a blowsy young woman of his own age, with soft lazy eyes and a fierce tongue. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
- She is Jane, blowsy but a tease.
- Participants -- great blowsy orators and the rest -- performed for the writing press before that, of course, but their being onstage live before the whole televiewing public was bound to lead to this. Convention Circus
- As compensation we gave ourselves the treat of a delightfully decadent hydrangea, blowsy, and of that precise shade of acid pink that speaks of the back parlours occupied by ladies of negotiable affection.