'Dowdy' definitions:
Definition of 'dowdy'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy grey outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"
adjective
Primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game" [syn: dowdy, frumpy, frumpish]
noun
British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) [syn: Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy]
noun
Deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust [syn: dowdy, pandowdy]
Definition of 'Dowdy'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Dowdy'
From: GCIDE
- Dowdy \Dow"dy\, n.; pl. Dowdies. An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. --Shak. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dowdy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- out-of-date,
- outdated,
- outmoded,
- 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