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UK
/mˈaʊsi/
]
[ US /ˈmaʊsi/ ]
[ US /ˈmaʊsi/ ]
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 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.
