frowsty

[ frou-stee ]

/ ˈfraʊ sti /

SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR frowsty ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective, frowst·i·er, frowst·i·est. British Informal.

musty; ill-smelling.

Words related to frowsty

damp, fetid, malodorous, musty, rank, stagnant, stale, stuffy, stinky

Words nearby frowsty

frow, froward, frown, frown on, frowst, frowsty, frowsy, frowzy, froze, frozen, frozen custard

Origin of frowsty

First recorded in 1860–65; perhaps dialectal variant of frowzy

OTHER WORDS FROM frowsty

frowst·i·ly, adverbfrowst·i·ness, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for frowsty

"I can't understand what consolation you expect to find by shutting yourself up with a lot of frowsty monks," said Guy fretfully.
Guy and Pauline|Compton Mackenzie
"I can't understand what consolation you expect to find by shutting yourself up with a lot of frowsty monks," said Guy, fretfully.
Plashers Mead|Compton Mackenzie
She opened the back door, and he followed her into the frowsty passage.
Sinister Street, vol. 2|Compton Mackenzie
He went up to the frowsty study-bedroom, and sat down at his table.
If Winter Don't|Barry Pain

For there are frowsty children, just as there are frowsty adults, who dont want freedom.
A Treatise on Parents and Children|George Bernard Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for frowsty

frowsty

/ (ˈfraʊstɪ) /

adjective -stier or -stiest

ill-smelling; stale; musty

Derived forms of frowsty

frowstiness, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012