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Dowdy
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What's The Definition Of Dowdy?
[n] deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
[n] British Marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) [adj] primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game" [adj] lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy gray outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room" Synonyms | Synonyms for Dowdy: Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding | Dowding | frumpish | frumpy | Hugh Dowding | out of fashion | pandowdy | styleless | unfashionable | unstylish Related Terms | Find terms related to Dowdy: archaic | blowsy | bygone | dated | demode | down-at-heel | down-at-the-heels | drab | draggletailed | dull | frayed | frazzled | frowsy | frowzy | frumpish | frumpy | full of holes | holey | in rags | in shreds | in tatters | messy | old hat | old-fashioned | outdated | outmoded | out-of-date | passe | patchy | ragged | raggedy | ratty | scruffy | seedy | shabby | shoddy | slattern | sloppy | slovenly | slut | sordid | stodgy | tacky | tattered | tatty | torn | traipse | unbecoming | unfashionable | unkempt | unseemly | vintage See Also | full general | general | marshal | marshall | pastry Dowdy In Webster's Dictionary \Dow"dy\, a. [Compar. {Dowdier}; superl. {Dowdiest}.]
[Scot. dawdie slovenly, daw, da sluggard, drab, Prov. E. dowd
flat, dead.]
Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in
dress; vulgar-looking. -- {Dow"di*ly}, adv. -- {Dow"di*ness},
n.
\Dow"dy\, n.; pl. {Dowdies}. An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. --Shak. Dryden. |
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