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[ UK /mˈa‍ʊsi/ ]
[ US /ˈmaʊsi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. quiet and timid and ineffectual
  2. infested with mice
  3. of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse
    a mousy brownish-grey color
    mouse-colored hair
    mousy hair

How To Use mousy In A Sentence

  • She was, to put it politely, a big girl: big-boned and blubbery, with long, mousy brown hair that hung like curtains in front of her face. The Dark Side of Innocence
  • He was aged between 25 and 30, with a medium build and collar-length mousy hair.
  • In the rehearsal studio, Alison Roper looks like the nice girl from Maine that she is: unassuming, hard working, even a little mousy.
  • He is slim with short, mousy brown hair, a spotty, pock-marked complexion and a ring or bar piercing in his right eyebrow.
  • He was aged between 25 and 30, with a medium build and collar-length mousy hair.
  • One of the English professors, a mousy one, darts in to make some copies.
  • The man is described as around 5ft 10 in, in his early 20s, with very short, possibly cropped mousy hair.
  • Verdict: At the start, my hair would best be described as mousy. Evening Standard - Home
  • At the beginning of the film, she is a rather mousy secretary, given to wearing neutral colors and a bulky, shapeless winter coat.
  • Michael was a somewhat mousy little thing, small, blonde and fair with the lightest smattering of freckles across his nose.
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