Meaning of DOWDY
| Pronunciation: | | 'dawdee
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- [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- [adj] primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"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"
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| | Synonyms: | | Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowding, frumpish, frumpy, Hugh Dowding, out of fashion, pandowdy, styleless, unfashionable, unstylish |
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| | See Also: | | full general, general, marshal, marshall, pastry | |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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frowsy, frowzy, frumpish, frumpy, full of holes, holey, in rags, in shreds, in tatters, messy, old hat, old-fashioned, outdated, outmoded, out-of-date, passe, patchy, ragged, raggedy, ratty, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, slattern, sloppy, slovenly, slut, sordid, stodgy, tacky, tattered, tatty, torn,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 |
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