blowzyadj.
/ˈblaʊzi/, U.S. /ˈblaʊzi/ 1. Like a blowze; having a bloated face; red and coarse-complexioned; flushed-looking.
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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > and coarse
frowzy1710
blowzed1766
blowzy1778
blossom-faced1865
1778 S. Crisp Let. in F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 188 Thinking herself too ruddy & blowsy, it was her Custom to bleed herself..3 or 4 times against the Rugby Races.
1787 J. Wolcot Advice to Future Laureat in Wks. (1812) I. 476 Large-red-poll'd, blowzy hard two-handed jades.
1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 221 Like a common-place blowzy dairymaid.
2. Of hair, dress: Dishevelled, frowzy, slatternly.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [adjective] > of person, clothes, etc.
rowsey1565
slovenlya1568
sloven-like1569
uncompta1641
frowzy1710
blowzed1766
blowzyc1770
tousy1786
frowzled1808
sloven1821
hashy1825
tously1832
tousled1847
tuzzy-muzzy1847
unsleek1859
tousled-looking1860
slouchy1864
scraggly1869
frowzly1872
sploshy1881
schlumpy1956
streelish1974
c1770 T. Erskine Barber in Poet. Reg. (1810) 328 Long his beard, and blouzy hair.
1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xiv. 137 Smiled at him from under her blousy curl-papers.
1931 S. Benson Tobit Transplanted iii. 33 His mother's large blousy bun of hair was always coming down.
3. Coarse, rustic.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective]
untheweda1325
unbenec1400
incondite1539
undight1555
ungentle1565
impolished1583
transalpinea1592
impolited1598
uncourtly1598
tartarous1602
impolite1612
unelevated1627
unfashioned1630
unbrushed1640
unhewed1644
hirsute1658
unhewn1659
inelegant1667
sordid1668
ingenteel1694
barbarous1700
ungracefula1732
tramontane1740
uninformed1754
clumsy1758
heavy1817
uncharmed1818
nettle-rough1850
blowzy1851
mal élevé1878
inexquisite1922
pseudo-sophisticated1925
1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude v. 71 I cannot fancy the blowsy wisdom of the country.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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