FROWZY Meaning of FROWZY in English adj. (also frowsy) (-ier, -iest) 1. fusty, musty, ill-smelling, close. 2 slatternly, unkempt, dingy. Derivatives: frowziness n. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.: cf. earlier frowy Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012