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I'm naturally a mousy blonde, so I dye my hair, and my eyebrows would disappear if I didn't get through at least a pencil a month.
Beth Ditto

Meaning of "mousy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MOUSY

mousy  [ˈmaʊsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOUSY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mousy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MOUSY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mousy in the English dictionary

The first definition of mousy in the dictionary is resembling a mouse, esp in having a light brown or greyish hair colour. Other definition of mousy is shy or ineffectual. Mousy is also infested with mice.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOUSY


Firdausi
fɪəˈdaʊsɪ
housey
ˈhaʊsɪ
Jozi
ˈdʒəʊsɪ
Losey
ˈləʊsɪ
mousey
ˈmaʊsɪ
mousie
ˈmaʊsɪ
perdendosi
ˌpɛədɛnˈdəʊsɪ
pussy
ˈpʊsɪ
symploce
ˈsɪmˌpləʊsɪ
wuss
ˈwʊsɪ
wussy
ˈwʊsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOUSY

mousiness
mousing
mousle
mousme
mousquetaire
moussaka
mousse
mousseline
mousseline de laine
mousseline de soie
mousseline sauce
Moussorgsky
moustache
moustache cup
moustached
moustachial
moustachio
moustachioed
Mousterian
moutan

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOUSY

blousy
bousy
busy
circusy
drusy
embusy
humusy
jealousy
lousy
over-busy
statusy
tousy
unbusy

Synonyms and antonyms of mousy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MOUSY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mousy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of mousy

Translation of «mousy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOUSY

Find out the translation of mousy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mousy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mousy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一头灰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ratonil
570 millions of speakers

English

mousy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कातर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فئرانية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мышкой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tímida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইঁদুরে পূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

timide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mousy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mausgrau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ネズミのような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mousy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bị chuột phá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mousy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुसळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ürkek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

da topo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mysi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мишкою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plin de șoareci
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mousy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mousy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mousy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mousy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOUSY»

The term «mousy» is regularly used and occupies the 107.502 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOUSY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mousy

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QUOTES WITH «MOUSY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mousy.
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Beth Ditto
I'm naturally a mousy blonde, so I dye my hair, and my eyebrows would disappear if I didn't get through at least a pencil a month.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOUSY»

Discover the use of mousy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mousy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Ghost I Am
Mousy and the girls run into action. Mousy grabs her surfboard, pulls it under her arm, and dashes into the ocean. She hears other competitors splashing through the surf as she jumps on her board. She quickly paddles out through the break to  ...
Joanna Loring
2
Technology and Biochemistry of Wine
Farkas (1963) found later that the mousy flavour is not due to acetamide, because even a higher dose of acetamide added to wine (1 g 100 ml~1) did not cause the bad flavour, and that it is not formed even at high redox potential, because it is ...
Ján Farkaš, 1988
3
Stains on the Cross: From the Nick Barnum Sealed Case File
“We 're going to leave her out here with jeflfrey, ”Mousy replied. “Trust me, she is in very good hands. ” Mr. W/ilson nodded. Mousy's hand gesture to get the girl out of the apartment wasnt necessary. jeflfrey lenew exactly what was going to ...
Frank Atanacio, 2003
4
Sail Tales
It was about 4:30 Sunday afternoon. The hostess came over and greeted us. She was a mousy little woman dressed like a mousy little woman hostess would dress . We were in our sailing clothing, shorts, new Regatta shirts and deck shoes ...
Robert L. Engel, 2009
5
The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies
The central figure is Mousy (Yuen Biao), a coward working in his family's laundry business. The trouble begins when Mousy tries to collect money from a bully at the opera company. Leung Foon (Liang Cha-jen), a student of Master Huang F ...
Bill Palmer, Karen Palmer, Ric Meyers, 1995
6
Greed Versus Goodness
While Ratty was busy punching the elevator's “up” button, Mousy had positioned his 280 pounds of muscle in the area directly in front of the elevator to make sure nobody else could get on. After a short wait, there was a ding, and the elevator ...
Rod Plotnik, 2013
7
Nirvana: An Ageless Dream Blessed Only by A Spirited Imagination
(Momma Mouse) “What? Dog? You're kidding me. I can't believe it, Mousy used to ride on his back when she was a little mouse. She thought Dog was a horse. Don't tell me anything else, Rat. I mighthave tokillhim. I know you will takecare ofit .
Cicero Curry
8
The Ashgate Research Companion to Queer Theory
I am now proof as Hamlet says both against man & woman' (Bennett 1983, 255-6 ). Not only does Shelley's playful remembrance of her youthful tendency to get ' tousy- mousy' for women unravel the tidy weave of heteronormative presumption  ...
Ms Noreen Giffney, Mr Michael O'Rourke, 2012
9
A Poetics of Resistance: The Revolutionary Public Relations ...
Veeerrrrry good idea!,” the mousy said to himself. So he went to get the milk but it turned out that the milk was in the kitchen, and when the mousy went to get it the kitty cat appeared and the mousy was very frightened and ran away and had to ...
Jeff Conant, 2010
10
The Acre Connection
I remember the day when Kerry Stowell yelled at Mousy when he got on the first tee and was about to drive the ball down the fairway. Kerry shouted while Mousy was in his back swing that a tiger was out in the drive on the thirteenth hole and ...
George Lamby, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOUSY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mousy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Wine Country Theatre revives marriage musical 'I Do! I Do!'
Donning lingerie and an elaborate feathered hat, she fantasizes about leaving Michael and reinventing herself as "Flaming Agnes," a mousy ... «The San Luis Obispo Tribune, Jul 15»
2
It's Another Saturday…#11
“Emeka and I were not technically together when I hooked up with Jide,” she answers in a mousy voice. “Jesus Omotola! Or whatever your ... «360Nobs.com, Jul 15»
3
Police are looking for a 16-year-old boy last seen in Immingham
Oliver is described as white and of fair complexion, 5ft 6ins, of medium build with cropped mousy hair. He wears glasses and was last seen ... «Grimsby Telegraph, Jul 15»
4
Photo Flash: First Look at Michael Kostroff, Michael Di Liberto …
... follows the hilarious adventures of washed-up Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his mousy accountant Leo Bloom, as they scheme to ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
5
Judy Greer and Amber Nash Interview on 'Archer' Season Seven
She's the mousy HR director.' I was like, 'Mousy?!' It's so crazy. She's totally not that anymore. It's been really fun. I'll do it forever – as long as ... «Showbiz Junkies, Jul 15»
6
'Office' Review: Turns the Workplace Into a Horror Show!
Ko (Snowpiercer, The Host) shines as Mi-rae, the subservient, mousy newbie who despite her hard work, is never accepted into her coworkers ... «Bloody Disgusting, Jul 15»
7
SVCT's 'The Producers' most wildly outrageous
Steven Zbin gives the Bloom role a bump in the right direction and gives the mousy bookkeeper trying to turn producer a heads up with good ... «Gilroy Dispatch, Jul 15»
8
The Bachelorette Review: The Dinosaur and the Mouse
So Shawn leaves, and walks about 20 feet, and Nick is standing against a wall in his pretzel-like fashion, all mousy and bent over. “Hey Shawn. «The Workprint, Jul 15»
9
The Producers
A scheming producer and his mousy accountant aim to produce the biggest flop on Broadway in Mel Brooks' laugh-out-loud spectacle. «Roanoker, Jul 15»
10
Peregrine Theatre superbly resurrects classic Broadway flop Carrie …
Briefly, “Carrie” is the story of a mousy teenage girl with — wait for it — telekinetic powers, who gets her first period in the girls' locker room, ... «Wicked Local Truro, Jul 15»

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