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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
This is why babies and toddlers with a shock of blond hair can end up a mousy brown color in adulthood.
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Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025
For evidence, just look at her recent transformation from mousy brunette to bombshell blonde.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2025
Eisenberg’s mousy David is as well-acted as Culkin’s crank.
—Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2025
Avary credits Tarantino for created the most romantic moment between Butch and Fabienne (Maria de Madeiros), his mousy girlfriend.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mousy
timid
Adjective
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This means the country’s appetite for bold exploration, which the compact between science and government supported for decades, may be gone, too—leaving in its place more timid, short-term thinking.—
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So that Indiana politicians could grow timid.—
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“Mousy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mousy. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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