frowsty

frowsty
Synonyms and related words:
bad, bad-smelling, blasted, blighted, blown, despoiled, fecal, fetid, flyblown, foul, frowsy, frowy, frowzy, fulsome, funky, fusty, gamy, graveolent, high, ill-smelling, maggoty, malodorous, mephitic, miasmal, miasmic, mildewed, mildewy, moldering, moldy, moth-eaten, musty, nidorous, noisome, noxious, odorous, offensive, olid, putrid, rancid, rank, ravaged, reasty, reasy, reechy, reeking, reeky, repulsive, rotten, smellful, smelling, smelly, smutted, smutty, stenchy, stinking, strong, stuffy, sulfurous, vile, weevily, worm-eaten, wormy

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  • frowsty — having an unpleasant smell, 1865, of unknown origin; perhaps related to O.Fr. frouste ruinous, decayed, or to O.E. þroh rancid; both of which also are of uncertain origin …   Etymology dictionary

  • frowsty — [frous′tē] adj. frowstier, frowstiest [prob. altered < FROWZY] Brit. musty or stuffy frowstiness n …   English World dictionary

  • frowsty — UK [ˈfraʊstɪ] / US adjective Word forms frowsty : adjective frowsty comparative frowstier superlative frowstiest British a frowsty room has an unpleasant smell because it does not have fresh air in it …   English dictionary

  • frowsty — adjective (frowstier; est) Etymology: alteration of frowsy Date: 1865 1. chiefly British musty 2. chiefly British frowsy 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • frowsty — frowstily, adv. frowstiness, n. /frow stee/, adj., frowstier, frowstiest. Brit. Informal. musty; ill smelling. [1860 65; perh. dial. var. of FROWZY] * * * …   Universalium

  • frowsty — adjective musty; stuffy (atmosphere) …   Wiktionary

  • frowsty —  , frowzy  The first means musty or stale; the second, untidy or dingy …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • frowsty — frowst·y || fraÊŠstɪ adj. having a moldy smell; musty …   English contemporary dictionary

  • frowsty — adjective (frowstier, frowstiest) Brit. having a stale, warm, and stuffy atmosphere. Derivatives frowstiness noun Origin C19 (orig. dialect): var. of frowzy …   English new terms dictionary

  • frowsty — frows·ty …   English syllables

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