adjective
- stuffy, stale, or having an unpleasant smell from lack of fresh air
Usage: chiefly British; informal
Examples
- The frowsted air in the basement made everyone uncomfortable.
- After being closed up all winter, the cabin felt terribly frowsted.
- She opened all the windows to clear the frowsted atmosphere.
- The old library had a frowsted smell of dust and neglect.
- We couldn’t stand the frowsted conditions in the poorly ventilated room.