frowsty

Meaning of frowsty

adjective
  1. having a stale, warm, and stuffy atmosphere.
    a small, frowsty office

mid 19th century (originally dialect): variant of frowzy.

Information about frowsty

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of frowsty

frow-sty

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • frowsty is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

frowsty synonyms

Meaning fusty:

fusty, musty

Meaning (of a place) lacking fresh air or ventilation:

stuffy

Meaning stuffy; not ventilated:

airless

Meaning (of a room or space) not provided with fresh air:

unventilated

Meaning only a short distance away or apart in space or time:

close

Meaning (of the weather) unpleasantly warm and humid:

muggy

Meaning (of heat, air, or a room) very hot and causing difficulties in breathing; suffocating:

stifling

Meaning causing difficulty in breathing:

suffocating

Meaning inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment:

oppressive

Meaning (of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat; hard, musty, or dry:

stale

Meaning (of a body of water or the atmosphere of a confined space) having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence:

stagnant

Meaning having a strong or unpleasant smell:

smelly

Meaning (of music) having or using a strong dance rhythm, in particular that of funk:

funky

Meaning tending to form clots; sticky:

claggy

Meaning mouldy, musty, or festering:

mucid

frowsty antonyms

Meaning (of a room or building) spacious, well lit, and well ventilated:

airy

Meaning cause air to enter and circulate freely in (a room, building, etc.):

ventilated

Words that rhyme with frowsty

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