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Definition of Dowdy
1. Adjective. Lacking in smartness or taste. "A clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"
2. Noun. British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970).
Exact synonyms: Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowding, Hugh Dowding
Generic synonyms: Full General, General, Marshal, Marshall
Generic synonyms: Full General, General, Marshal, Marshall
3. Adjective. Primly out of date. "Nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"
Exact synonyms: Frumpish, Frumpy
Similar to: Unfashionable, Unstylish
Derivative terms: Dowdiness, Frump
Similar to: Unfashionable, Unstylish
Derivative terms: Dowdiness, Frump
4. Noun. Deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust.
Definition of Dowdy
1. a. Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking.
2. n. An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman.
Definition of Dowdy
1. Adjective. Plain and unfashionable in style or dress. ¹
2. Adjective. Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dowdy
1. lacking in stylishness or neatness [adj DOWDIER, DOWDIEST] : DOWDILY [adv], DOWDYISH [adj] / a dowdy woman [n DOWDIES]
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