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or mousey
as in timid
easily frightened
a mousy little girl who hid behind her mother the entire time we were there
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Recent Examples of mousy
At 24, Eileen is a mousy shadow, a pale nonentity going through the motions of a life in circa-1964 Massachusetts.
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Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2023
April Ludgate the bored intern on Parks and Recreation, Julie Powers the irritable frenemy in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and Seth Rogen's mousy love interest Daisy in Funny People.
—Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2022
Once, maybe twice a decade the mousy little genre of literary fiction is allowed a massive cultural moment that permeates society and makes an author a recognizable celebrity.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2022
Hiding behind a mousy pair of large glasses and a mane of snowy-white hair, Fonda’s Claire doesn’t exactly look like somebody with a vendetta.
—Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2022
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Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2023
April Ludgate the bored intern on Parks and Recreation, Julie Powers the irritable frenemy in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and Seth Rogen's mousy love interest Daisy in Funny People.
—Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2022
Once, maybe twice a decade the mousy little genre of literary fiction is allowed a massive cultural moment that permeates society and makes an author a recognizable celebrity.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2022
Hiding behind a mousy pair of large glasses and a mane of snowy-white hair, Fonda’s Claire doesn’t exactly look like somebody with a vendetta.
—Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2022
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“Mousy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mousy. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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