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Definition of Blowsy
1. Adjective. Characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women.
Similar to: Untidy
Derivative terms: Slattern, Slattern, Slatternliness, Sluttishness
Definition of Blowsy
1. Adjective. Having a reddish, coarse complexion, especially with a pudgy face. ¹
2. Adjective. (chiefly of a woman) Slovenly or unkempt, in the manner of a beggar or slattern. ¹
3. Adjective. Unrefined, countrified. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blowsy
1. slovenly [adj -SIER, -SIEST] : BLOWSILY [adv] - See also: slovenly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blowsy
Literary usage of Blowsy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. World War Issues and Ideals: Readings in Contemporary History and Literature by Morris Edmund Speare (1918)
"Barred, striped, blotched, smudged, ring-straked with vivid pinks, arsenic greens,
blowsy reds, violent blues, they looked like — like nothing in the world ..."
2. Among the Humorists and After-dinner Speakers: a new collection of humorous by William Patten (1909)
"It makes me 'blowsy,' Cousin Constance." "It's all right to look blowsy in Hillcrest."
Constance spoke with authority. "Is it? My mother said she was afraid ..."
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