[
UK
/mˈaʊsi/
]
ADJECTIVE
- quiet and timid and ineffectual
- infested with mice
-
of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse
a mousy brownish-grey color
mouse-colored hair
mousy hair
How To Use mousey In A Sentence
- He has straight, mousey blonde hair and a pitted face which suggests he has suffered from acne at some point.
- The man was described as white, skinny, 5ft 5in, in his early 30s, with mousey brown receding hair.
- Although Sheri and Cedric are initially shocked at the idea of their mousey Toni who works as a waitress in an Italian restaurant getting done up in spangles and glitter, the contest judge who is foolish enough to cross the Campari tribe unleashes a fury of familial defiance. George Heymont: Fancy Footwork (Competition Isn't Everything)
- Great monopolists control the supplies, and contract to deliver to these hotels, even in out-of-the-way localities, so much ice-stored, "mousey" fish, "mousey" quails, stringy meat, impossible vegetables and fruits, gathered from the cheapest markets of Europe and of a quality just not bad enough to cause a revolt among the hotel visitors. More Science From an Easy Chair
- She is small and mousey and I can't help but think of all the bad news she must have to give people each day.
- She kept pushing wispy, mousey hair out of her eyes, so that she could see him more clearly. TANK OF SERPENTS
- PixelGetColor, color, % MouseX%, % MouseY% if % color% = 0x000000 AutoHotkey Community
- It unsheathes its little mousey ladder, or its little mousey grappling hooks, or its little mousey suction pads, scales the wall, leaps to the pull-cord and swings and swings and swings until the light comes on.
- She used to be mousey and rarely stood up for herself. 'The Office' recap: Like a boss | EW.com
- Looking at his standard-issue scurrying gait, his shrugging, mousey demeanour, and then witnessing the preternatural skittering electricity in those feet, you wonder why there hasn't ever been one of these before, or even hundreds of them. Ten ways to satisfy your constant craving for El Clásico | Barney Ronay