Synonyms for mousy

Most common

mouse-like · mouse-colored · murine · muscine · shy · cowardly · timid

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Adjective

Antonyms

outgoing, doughty, lion-hearted

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Resembling a mouse.

   Near-synonyms: mouselike, murine

Related words

Phrases

mousy brown

Other spellings

mousey mousie

Example sentences

• murine Murine models are used in drug development research.
• shy Shy children never laugh until everyone else does.
• cowardly Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

shy¹

5 letters

timid²

6 letters

murine²

7 letters

chicken², muscine

8 letters

cowardly³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (timid² = 2 syllables).