Definition of "mousy" [mous•y]

• Resembling a mouse, especially: (adjective)
• Having a drab, pale brown color: mousy hair. (adjective)
• Having small sharp features: a mousy face. (adjective)
• Quiet; timid; shy. (adjective)
• Infested with mice. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "First Impression: Irma is described as mousy in both demeanor and appearance."
• "Verdict: At the start, my hair would best be described as mousy."
• "He seems to be channeling his inner William Hurt, doing a kind of mousy performance with bad glasses that reminded me of Hurt in The Doctor or other movies of his from twenty-some years back."