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MOUSEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mousey mean?
• MOUSEY (adjective)
The adjective MOUSEY has 3 senses:
1. infested with mice
2. of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse
3. quiet and timid and ineffectual
Familiarity information: MOUSEY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: mouseyest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Infested with mice
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
mousey; mousy
Pertainym:
mouse (any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails)
Derivation:
mouse (any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse
Synonyms:
mouse-colored; mouselike; mousey; mousy
Context example:
mouse-colored hair
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Quiet and timid and ineffectual
Synonyms:
mousey; mousy
Similar:
timid (showing fear and lack of confidence)
Derivation:
mouse (person who is quiet or timid)
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