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
  • The flavors were familiar and comfortable together and also representative of the shoulder between winter and spring when citrus is still ripe, but plants are starting to flower and herbs are new again.
    Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • State of play: Health administrative tasks are ripe for AI interruption, with several startups raising funds this year.
    Aaron Weitzman, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of ripe
Adjective
  • Sears does an excellent job with his role, capturing Johnny’s frenetic desperation to remain afloat in the clan’s fetid storm, but this critic, at least, wanted more for this character.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Similarly, Musk has transformed Twitter into a dull, fetid cesspool of White nationalism and paranoid lies.
    Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of fetid
Adjective
  • After Russian ship docks to space station, astronauts report a foul smell Around these parts, the usual response to a foul smell is a glance in the dog's direction.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The scent of burning tobacco could be a crucial offering to spirits and deities, and foul smells might be used to drive away evil forces.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of foul
Adjective
  • My father was living alone in that dark, filthy room like an old animal wallowing in its own excrement.
    Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Down and out in Tinseltown, where white glistening snow turns to filthy slush.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of filthy
Adjective
  • Water damage and mold marked the ornate, gilded plasterwork, and paint—in a fusty Empire red—was peeling off the walls.
    Alice Cavanagh, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Heimann avoided cardigans with fusty suede elbow patches or hefty yarn that can invoke infirm geriatrics.
    Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of fusty
Adjective
  • Each lawyer, then, in his or her own way, played a part in creating a caricature: Danny, the kid in a tough situation trying his best to do the right thing; Mr. Neely, that malodorous man with schizophrenia stoking passengers’ fears on the subway.
    Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Gary Oldman remains as delightful as ever as the malodorous but brilliant Jackson Lamb.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of malodorous
Adjective
  • As such, narratives published in the magazine presented towns under British control, such as Ipoh, as modern and progressive, while neighboring cities like Bangkok in Siam or Palembang in the Dutch East Indies were depicted as disorderly, dirty, unsafe, and disgusting.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Despite the disgusting chaos of it all, what was notable about Webster's video was that, in spite of it all, he could be seen laughing by the end of the clip.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of disgusting
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