Definitions:
1. dirty and untidy; slovenly.
2. ill-smelling; musty.
Examples:
1. The dull, black, frowzy outline of the valance above me was within an inch of being parallel with his waist. Masterpieces of Mystery Various
2. By day the streets are a depression, with their frowzy doss-houses and their vapour-baths. Nights in London Thomas Burke
3. They were a " frowzy lot," as Miss Briggs characterized their appearance.
Did You Know:
adj.
also frowsy, 1680s, possibly related to dialectal frowsty (q.v.).
