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    MOUSY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: mousier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, mousiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: mousier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: mousiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Quiet and timid and ineffectualplay

    Synonyms:

    mousey; mousy

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    timid (showing fear and lack of confidence)

    Derivation:

    mouse (person who is quiet or timid)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouseplay

    Example:

    mouse-colored hair

    Synonyms:

    mouse-colored; mouselike; mousey; mousy

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Infested with miceplay

    Synonyms:

    mousey; mousy

    Classified under:

    Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

    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)

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