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Definitions for Dowdy

[1] not stylish; drab; old-fashioned: Why do you always wear those dowdy old dresses?
[2] not neat or tidy; shabby.
[3] a dowdy woman.
[4] apple pandowdy.
[5] (esp of a woman's dress) drab, unflattering, and old-fashioned
[6] a dowdy woman

Words related to Dowdy

run-down, shabby, frumpy, dingy, drab, antiquated, unkempt, vintage, bygone, plain, archaic, baggy, bedraggled, dated, dull, frowzy, homely, moldy, out-of-date, outdated

Words nearby Dowdy

dowable, dowager, dowager's hump, dowden, dowding, dowdy, dowel, doweling, dowell, dower, dower chest

Origin of Dowdy

2First recorded in 1935–40; short form

Other words from Dowdy

dow·di·ly , adverb
dow·di·ness , noun
dow·dy·ish , adjective
dow·dy·ism , noun

Word origin for Dowdy

C14: dowd slut, of unknown origin

Synonyms for Dowdy

antiquated, dingy, drab, frumpy, run-down, shabby, unkempt, bygone, plain, vintage, archaic, baggy, bedraggled, blowsy, dated, dull, frowzy, homely, moldy, old hat, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, passé, scrubby, slatternly, sloppy, slovenly, stodgy, tacky, tasteless, unfashionable, unseemly, unstylish, untidy, wrinkled