Definition of dowdy Dowdy
/dawˈdi/ - [dawdee] - dow•dy
We found 10 definitions of dowdy from 5 different sources.
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What does dowdy mean?
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NounPlural: dowdies |
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| dowdy - deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust | ||
| pandowdy | ||
| dowdy - British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) | ||
| Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy | ||
Adjectivedowdy, dowdier, dowdiest |
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| dowdy - primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game" | ||
| frumpy, frumpish | ||
| unfashionable, unstylish not in accord with or not following current fashion; "unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now unfashionable kind" | ||
| dowdy - lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy grey outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room" | ||
| styleless, unstylish lacking in style or elegance; "a styleless way of dressing"; "expensive but styleless country tweeds"; "wearing unstylish clothes" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- dowdy (Adjective)
Plain and unfashionable in style or dress. - dowdy (Adjective)
Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dowdy (superl.)
Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking. - dowdy (n.)
An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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dowdy
A coarse, vulgar-looking woman.
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🔤- dowdy, noun, singular of dowdies.
- dowdy, adjective.
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