dowdy (redirected from dowdies)

dow·dy  (doud)

adj. dow·di·er, dow·di·est

1. Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby: a dowdy gray outfit.

2. Old-fashioned; antiquated.

n. pl. dow·dies

A dowdy person; a frump.

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[From Middle English doude, immoral, unattractive, or shabbily dressed woman.]

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dowdi·ly adv.

dowdi·ness n.

dowdy·ish adj.

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dowdy [ˈdaʊdɪ]

adj -dier, -diest

(Clothing & Fashion) (esp of a woman's dress) drab, unflattering, and old-fashioned

n pl -dies

(Clothing & Fashion) a dowdy woman

[dowd slut, of unknown origin]

dowdily  adv

dowdiness  n

dowdyish  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Dowdy - British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowding, Hugh Dowding
	2.	dowdy - deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust pandowdy pastry - any of various baked foods made of dough or batter
Adj.	1.	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"
	2.	dowdy - primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game" frumpish, frumpy unfashionable, unstylish - not in accord with or not following current fashion; "unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now unfashionable kind"

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dowdy

adjective frumpy, old-fashioned, shabby, drab, tacky (U.S. informal), unfashionable, dingy, unhip (slang), frumpish, ill-dressed, frowzy Her clothes were clean but dowdy.
smart, trim, neat, fashionable, chic, spruce, well-dressed, dressy

Translations

dowdy [ˈdaʊdɪ] ADJ (dowdier (compar) (dowdiest (superl))) [person] → anticuado, trasnochado; [clothes] → trasnochado, pasado de moda

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dowdy [ˈdaʊdi] adj [clothes] → démodé(e); [person] → mal fagoté(e)
Dow-Jones average [ˌdaʊdʒəʊnzˈævərɪdʒ] n (US) → indice m Dow-Jones

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dowdy

adj (+er) → ohne jeden Schick

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dowdy [ˈdaʊdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → scialbo/a

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dowdy [ˈdaʊdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → scialbo/a

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dowdy

adj dowdy [ˈdaudi]

(of dress etc) not smart; unfashionable. slonserig قَليل الأناقَه، عَتيق старомоден neelegantní; staromódní kedsommelig; trist; gammeldags schlampig άκομψος, παλιομοδίτικος (για ρούχο) pobre, pasado de moda ajast ja arust بد دوخت؛ از مد افتاده epämuodikas démodé לֹא אָפנָתִי भद्दा zastario lompos (nő) kuno, tidak rapi berpakaian hallærislegur (til fara) trasandato, sciatto やぼったい 단정치 못한, 초라한 neišvaizdus, nemadingas (par apģērbu) noplucis; vecmodīgs kuno sjofel gammeldags, gammelmodig, ufiks bez gustu, niemodny desengraçado demodat безвкусный, немодный nemoderný staromoden apadrapa sjaskig, gammalmodig ล้าสมัย kılıksız, modası geçmiş 不漂亮的；不時髦的 старомодний, неелегантний بد وضع ، خلاف رواج tồi tàn 不漂亮的；不时髦的