frowsty

adjective

ˈfrau̇-stē How to pronounce frowsty (audio)
Definition of frowstynext
chiefly British
as in frowzy
having an unpleasant smell she wrote her first novel while living in a frowsty, mold-ridden flat

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frowsty
  1. stinking
  2. ripe
  3. fetid
  4. foul
  5. filthy
  6. fusty
  7. malodorous
  8. disgusting
Adjective
  • This is about a team with a top-10 payroll whose GM committed too stinking much of it to dogs that can’t, or won’t, pull the sled.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Muttaiah said the man inside the stinking manhole was working without any safety equipment — no gloves, no shoes, no supplemental oxygen.
    Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2019
Definition of stinking
Adjective
  • Black men had been perceived as a voting bloc ripe for Donald Trump to attract after many expressed concerns a year ago about Joe Biden’s re-election efforts.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The owner of Zone 9 Farms doesn’t have a traditional stand full of big ripe fruits and vegetables.
    Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of ripe
Adjective
  • Similarly, Musk has transformed Twitter into a dull, fetid cesspool of White nationalism and paranoid lies.
    Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The city’s shimmering wealth and fetid corruption leap from the page; so, too, does music’s transcendent, radiant power.
    Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2024
Definition of fetid
Adjective
  • The foul odors subsided when the facility closed in 2014, but a decade later, the infrastructure sits as a 47-acre blighted industrial property on the edge of the Santa Cruz River.
    John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Plants and flowers that are starting to wilt need to be tossed immediately so the foul odor doesn't stand a chance of taking over your home.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of foul
Adjective
  • Keepin’ Tabs Hey speaking of Google, the company also announced some good news for all of us filthy browser tab hoarders.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
  • At the same time, this is a movie about a woman who begins craving raw meat, grows a few extra nipples, and wakes up every morning filthy from running around in the dirt all night.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
Definition of filthy
Adjective
  • The piece deepened the fault lines between Friedrich, the Romantic prince of sublimity and feeling, and the fusty rationalists who preceded him.
    Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
  • The deliciously macabre displays of taxidermy are a highlight, but the museum also manages to avoid feeling too fusty by bringing in contemporary artists to produce works in conversation with its collections, from Sterling Ruby to Jeff Koons.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 16 June 2024
Definition of fusty
Adjective
  • Gary Oldman remains as delightful as ever as the malodorous but brilliant Jackson Lamb.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Its leaves release a malodorous smell when trod upon and so served as a strewing herb.
    Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Apr. 2024
Definition of malodorous
Adjective
  • At least Gill thinks that coffee is disgusting too.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Trump is disgusting, unhinged and unfit to represent the United States.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of disgusting
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frowns (on or upon)

frowsty

frowsy

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