mousey

Describes a person, typically a woman, who is shy, quiet, and unassertive; can also describe a dull, light brownish-grey color.

• 🇫🇷Décrit une personne, généralement une femme, qui est timide, calme et hésitante ; peut aussi décrire une couleur terne, gris-brun clair.

1. Infested with mice B2 informal

   Describes a place that is overrun or inhabited by mice.

   • The old barn was mousey and smelled of hay.
   • They moved out of the mousey apartment after finding droppings.
   • The cellar became mousey after the winter.

   🇫🇷infesté de souris

2. Drab brown color B1 formal

   Having a dull, pale brown color that resembles the fur of a mouse.

   • She wore a mousey coat that blended into the crowd.
   • The walls were painted a mousey beige.
   • His hair was a mousey brown, neither blonde nor dark.

   🇫🇷couleur gris souris

   Synonymes: brownish-graydrabdullgrayish-browntaupe

   Antonymes: brightcolorfulvivid

3. Timid and ineffectual B2 informal

   Describes a person who is quiet, shy, and lacking in confidence or assertiveness.

   • He was a mousey little man who never spoke up.
   • Her mousey demeanor made her easy to overlook.
   • The mousey student avoided any confrontation.

   🇫🇷Timide et effacé

   Synonymes: diffidentmeekretiringself-effacingshyspinelesstimidtimorousunassertive

   Antonymes: aggressiveassertiveaudaciousboldbrazenconfidentdomineeringforthrightoutgoingself-assured

• mousier comparative form
• mousiest superlative form