MOUSY Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

mousy

adjective

ˈmau̇-sē

variants or mousey

Definition of mousy next

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 Raimi delights in turning a mousy, reality-TV-loving woman into a boar-hunting, shelter-building alpha dog. —

David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026 Howell brings his mousy charm to the insecure Dennis Whitaker on The Pitt. —

Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Jan. 2026 At first blush, Rachel appears to be a mousy wallflower irritated by Marty’s fast-cash gambits. —

Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026 Whereas the play only obliquely references the character’s successful new novel, this version presents Eileen’s manuscript — co-written with her mousy lover Thea (Imogen Potts), a former schoolmate of Hedda’s — as a revelatory treatise on the future of human sexuality. —

Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mousy

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timid

Adjective

Your favorite team probably doesn’t use them much, if at all, because they’re considered extremely difficult and most GMs are timid babies who are afraid of getting yelled at.

— Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 11 May 2026
That bill is a direct response to a Supreme Court that handed the executive branch a dangerous blank check and a Congress too timid to push back.

— Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026