mousy
mousy · mousier · mousiest
мишачий
мышиный
mausgrau
Resembling a mouseResembling a mouse.
/ˈmaʊsi/
» Yanni was a shy mousy student.
Meaning
5 sensesResembling a mouse.
Near-synonyms: mouselike, murine
of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse
Resembling a mouse.
Quiet; stealthy.
quiet and timid and ineffectual
Timid.
Of a greyish-brown colour.
Abounding in or infested with mice.
infested with mice
Examples
6 sentencesYanni was a shy mousy student.
Sarah is a mousy-quiet and reserved woman.
My pup took a marrow-bone and sat mousy-quiet in a corner.
She was mousy and frail, but she ran the office with an iron fist.
She's a mousy woman.
Translations
4 languagesУкраїнська
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Forms
mousier, mousiestSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsRelatedmouse
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form