mousy
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mous·y
also mous·ey (mou′sē, -zē)adj. mous·i·er, mous·i·est
1. Resembling a mouse, especially:
a. Having a drab, pale brown color: mousy hair.
b. Having small sharp features: a mousy face.
c. Quiet; timid; shy.
2. Infested with mice.
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mousy
(ˈmaʊsɪ) ,mousey
ormousie
adj, mousier or mousiest
1. (Hairdressing & Grooming) resembling a mouse, esp in having a light brown or greyish hair colour
2. shy or ineffectual: a mousy little woman.
3. (Zoology) infested with mice
ˈmousily adv
ˈmousiness n
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mous•y
or mous•ey
(ˈmaʊ si, -zi)adj. mous•i•er, mous•i•est.
1. resembling or suggesting a mouse, as in being drab and colorless or meek and timid.
2. infested with mice.
[1805–15]
mous′i•ness, n.
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2. mousy - infested with mice
3. mousy - of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse; "a mousy brownish-grey color"; "mousy hair"; "mouse-colored hair"
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
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mousy
mouseyadjective
1. brownish, plain, dull, drab, colourless, indeterminate a man of medium build and collar-length mousy hair
2. shy, quiet, timid, ineffectual, self-effacing, diffident, timorous, unassertive He remembered her as a small, mousy woman, invariably worried.
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Translations
بِلَوْن الفَأْرجَبان، رِعْديد
mdle hnědýnesmělýnudný
forskræmtkedeligkommunefarvet
egérszürke
grábrúnn á litinnóframfærinn
hnedosivá farba
çekingen donuk kahverengi
mousy
[ˈmaʊsɪ] ADJ (mousier (compar) (mousiest (superl))) [person] → tímido ; [colour, hair] → parduscoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
mousy
, mouseyadj (+er) (= timid, shy) → schüchtern ; (= nondescript) → farblos, unscheinbar ; colour, hair → mausgrau
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
mousy
mousey [ˈmaʊsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → timido/a, schivo/amousy hair → capelli color castano spento
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mouse
(maus) – plural mice (mais) – noun1. any of several types of small furry gnawing animal with a long tail, found in houses and in fields. muis فأْر мишка rato myš die Maus mus ποντίκι ratón hiir موش hiiri souris עכבר चुहिया, चूहा miš egér tikus mús topo ねずみ 쥐, 생쥐 pelė pele tikus muis mus mysz موږک rato şoarece мышь myš miš miš mus หนู fare 老鼠 миша چوہا chuột 鼠
2. (computers) a device that is used to move the cursor on a computer screen and to give instructions to a computer. muis فأرَة الكومبيوتر компютърна мишка mouse myš die Mauszeiger mus ποντίκι Η/Υ ratón hiir ماوس hiiri souris עכבר miš egér mouse mouse コンピューターのマウス (컴퓨터) 마우스 pelė datora pele tetikus muis mus myszka ماوس mouse мышка myš miška miš mus เมาส์ (อุปกรณ์เคลื่อนตําแหน่ง) (ทางคอมพิวเตอร์) fare 滑鼠 комп'ютерна мишка کمپیوٹر کا پرزہ جس کی مدد سے کمپیٹر چلاتے ہیں chuột máy tính 鼠标
ˈmousy adjective1. (of hair) dull brown in colour. muisbruin بِلَوْن الفَأْر миши castanho mdle hnědý mausgrau kommunefarvet γκρίζος castaño claro hiirhall قهوه ای تیره maantienvärinen châtain terne צֶבָע עַכבָּרִי चूहे जैसा tmurno smeđa boja egérszürke coklat tua grábrúnn á litinn color grigio topo ねずみ色の 쥐색의 pilkšvai rudas pelēkbrūns coklat tua muisgrijs kommunefarget mysi قهوه یی acastanhado şaten deschis мышиный hnedosivá farba sivkastorjav mišje boje råttfärgad (สี) ทึม ๆ donuk kahverengi 灰褐色 мишачого кольору ہلکا بھورا رنگ xám xịt 灰褐色
2. timid; uninteresting. a mousy little woman. vaal, saai جَبان، رِعْديد плах desinteressante nesmělý, nudný farblos forskræmt; kedelig δειλός tímido hiirvaikne موش صفت hiirimäinen effacé שקט अरूचिकर महिला plah, nezainteresiran félénk pemalu óframfærinn timido おどおどした 겁이 많은, 내성적인 drovus bikls pemalu timide forskremt, grå og kjedelig nieśmiały عاجر desinteressante timid; neinteresant робкий; тихий nesmelý; nudný plah, nezanimiv neprivlačan musaktig ขี้อาย çekingen 羞怯的,不起眼的 тихий, боязкий بزدل nhút nhát, rụt rè, lén lút 胆小的
ˈmousehole noun a hole made or used by mice. muishol حُفْرَة الفِئْران миша дупка toca myší díra das Mauseloch musehul ποντικοφωλιά ratonera hiireauk سوراخ موش hiirenkolo trou de souris חוֹר עַכבָּרִים चूहे की बिल mišja rupa egérlyuk lubang tikus músarhola tana di topo ねずみの穴 쥐구멍 pelių urvelis peļu ala lubang tikus muizenhol musehull mysia dziura د موږک غار toca gaură de şoarece мышиная норка myšia diera mišja luknja mišja rupa råtthål รูหนู fare deliği 鼠洞 мишача нора چوہے کا بل hang chuột 鼠洞
ˈmousetrap noun a mechanical trap for a mouse. muisvalletjie مَصْيَدَة الفِئْران капан за мишки ratoeira past na myši die Mausefalle musefælde ποντικοπαγίδα ratonera hiirelõks تله موش hiirenloukku souricière מַלכּוֹדֶת עַכבָּרִים चुहियादानी, चूहेदानी mišolovka egérfogó perangkap tikus músagildra trappola per topi ねずみ取り 쥐덫 pelėkautai peļu slazds perangkap tikus muizenval musefelle pułapka na myszy د کوږک تلکه ratoeira cursă de şoareci мышеловка pasca na myši mišnica mišolovka råttfälla กับดักหนู fare kapanı 捕鼠器 мишоловка چوہے دان bẫy chuột 捕鼠器
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