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Definition of frowsty in English: frowstyadjectivefrowstiest, frowstier ˈfraʊstiˈfraʊsti British Having a stale, warm, and stuffy atmosphere. Example sentencesExamples - Its roughcast walls are pitted; it has an air of frowsty, shut-up dereliction.
- In these frowsty surrounding, that is positively searing.
- Here we are back in the pestilent purlieus of Walham Green, and the frowsty atmosphere of the frowsy ‘medium’ and the squalid séance.
- For, though I've no idea what this accoutred frowsty barn is worth, it pleases me to stand in silence here.
- Yet, only a year ago, the conventional wisdom was that the Golden Jubilee was likely to be a frowsty and embarrassingly ill-attended affair.
Synonyms stuffy, musty, airless, unventilated, fusty, close, muggy, stifling, suffocating, oppressive stale, stagnant, smelly North American funky rare mucid
Derivatives noun British When we think of pews and hassocks and the Parish Magazine, we tend to rebel against the yoke of official religion, with its suggestion of formalism and even frowstiness.
Origin Mid 19th century (originally dialect): variant of frowzy. Definition of frowsty in US English: frowstyadjectiveˈfroustēˈfraʊsti British Having a stale, warm, and stuffy atmosphere. Example sentencesExamples - Yet, only a year ago, the conventional wisdom was that the Golden Jubilee was likely to be a frowsty and embarrassingly ill-attended affair.
- For, though I've no idea what this accoutred frowsty barn is worth, it pleases me to stand in silence here.
- Its roughcast walls are pitted; it has an air of frowsty, shut-up dereliction.
- Here we are back in the pestilent purlieus of Walham Green, and the frowsty atmosphere of the frowsy ‘medium’ and the squalid séance.
- In these frowsty surrounding, that is positively searing.
Synonyms stuffy, musty, airless, unventilated, fusty, close, muggy, stifling, suffocating, oppressive
Origin Mid 19th century (originally dialect): variant of frowzy. |