mousy
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mous·y
also mous·ey (mou′sē, -zē)adj. mous·i·er, mous·i·est
1. Resembling a mouse, especially:
a. Having a drab, pale brown color: mousy hair.
b. Having small sharp features: a mousy face.
c. Quiet; timid; shy.
2. Infested with mice.
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mousy
(ˈmaʊsɪ) ,mousey
ormousie
adj, mousier or mousiest
1. (Hairdressing & Grooming) resembling a mouse, esp in having a light brown or greyish hair colour
2. shy or ineffectual: a mousy little woman.
3. (Zoology) infested with mice
ˈmousily adv
ˈmousiness n
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mous•y
or mous•ey
(ˈmaʊ si, -zi)adj. mous•i•er, mous•i•est.
1. resembling or suggesting a mouse, as in being drab and colorless or meek and timid.
2. infested with mice.
[1805–15]
mous′i•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | mousy - quiet and timid and ineffectual timid - showing fear and lack of confidence |
| 2. | mousy - infested with mice | |
| 3. | mousy - of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse; "a mousy brownish-grey color"; "mousy hair"; "mouse-colored hair" chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue |
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mousy
mouseyadjective
1. brownish, plain, dull, drab, colourless, indeterminate a man of medium build and collar-length mousy hair
2. shy, quiet, timid, ineffectual, self-effacing, diffident, timorous, unassertive He remembered her as a small, mousy woman, invariably worried.
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Translations
بِلَوْن الفَأْرجَبان، رِعْديد
mdle hnědýnesmělýnudný
forskræmtkedeligkommunefarvet
egérszürke
grábrúnn á litinnóframfærinn
hnedosivá farba
çekingendonuk kahverengi
mousy
[ˈmaʊsɪ] ADJ (mousier (compar) (mousiest (superl))) [person] → tímido; [colour, hair] → parduscoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
mousy
, mouseyadj (+er) (= timid, shy) → schüchtern; (= nondescript) → farblos, unscheinbar; colour, hair → mausgrau
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
mousy
mousey [ˈmaʊsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → timido/a, schivo/amousy hair → capelli color castano spento
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mouse
(maus) – plural mice (mais) – noun1. any of several types of small furry gnawing animal with a long tail, found in houses and in fields.
2. (computers) a device that is used to move the cursor on a computer screen and to give instructions to a computer.
ˈmousy adjective1. (of hair) dull brown in colour.
2. timid; uninteresting. a mousy little woman.
ˈmousehole noun a hole made or used by mice.
ˈmousetrap noun a mechanical trap for a mouse.
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