adjective
- having a coarse, ruddy, or flushed appearance; red-faced
- untidy or slovenly in appearance; disheveled
Usage: often implies a disheveled or unkempt look
Usage: chiefly British
Examples
- The blowzed woman stumbled out of the tavern, her hair tangled and her face flushed.
- After working in the garden all day, she looked blowzed and exhausted.
- His blowzed appearance suggested he had been drinking heavily.
- The blowzed innkeeper wiped his brow with a grimy handkerchief.
- She arrived at the party looking rather blowzed, with wrinkled clothes and smudged makeup.
- The portrait depicted a blowzed peasant woman with rosy cheeks.