blowsy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Having a reddish, coarse complexion, especially with a pudgy face.

   • […] with a face made blowsy by the cold and damp.
   • […] a man of, say, well-preserved sixty, with a blowsy plump face and fat white side-whiskers.
2. 2

   Slovenly or unkempt, in the manner of a beggar or slattern.

   • Her hair so untidy, so blowsy!
   • The double-breasted blazer which is on every front row this season came with an elbow-length sleeve for spring, while jumpsuits, a signature of the label, came slinky and tailored or in a blowsier boiler suit silhouette.
3. 3

   Unrefined, countrified.

   • The hot, blowsy country, remote from danger, had a lonely, forgotten feeling.

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