frowsy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of FROWSY

lacking neatness in dress or person <a frowsy family living in wretched poverty>

Synonyms blowsy (also blowzy), dowdy, frowsy (or frowzy), slobbish, slobby, sloven, slovenly, unkempt, untidy

Related Words slatternly; chaotic, cluttered, confused, disarranged, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, messed, messy, muddled, mussed, mussy, rumpled, shaggy, uncombed, wrinkled; shabby, sleazy; besmirched, blackened, dingy, dirty, filthy, foul, grimy, grubby, grungy, mucky, nasty, scroungy, scuzzy [slang], soiled, spotted, squalid, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly

Near Antonyms chic, fashionable, modish, stylish; combed, groomed; neat, ordered, orderly, tidy; careful, fastidious, fussy, meticulous; clean, cleaned, cleanly, immaculate, sparkling, spotless, stainless, unsoiled, unsullied

Antonyms dapper, dashing, dolled up, sharp, smart, spruce

having an unpleasant smell <the abandoned house was dank and frowsy and barely fit for human habitation>

Synonyms fetid, foul, frowsty [chiefly British], frowsy (or frowzy), funky, fusty, musty, noisome, rank, reeking, reeky, ripe, smelly, stenchy, stinking, stinky, strong

Near Antonyms flowery, fruity, spicy, woodsy

Antonyms ambrosial, aromatic, fragrant, perfumed, redolent, savory (also savoury), scented, sweet

frowsy or frowzy

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