mousy
adjective
1. quiet and timid and ineffectual
Similar word(s): timid, mousey
2. infested with mice
Similar word(s): mousey
3. of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse
- a mousy brownish-grey color
- mousy hair
Similar word(s): chromatic, mouselike, mousey
Sentences with mousy as an adjective:
- It's a god-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair David Bowie - Life on Mars? (1971)