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Synonyms for dowdy in English

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dowdy:
- sloppy; grubby; shoddy; churlish; slovenly; dowdy; frumpy; frumpish
- slob; frump; grub; dowdy; pandowdy

English

Detailed Synonyms for dowdy in English

dowdy:

dowdy adj

dowdy
sloppy; grubby; shoddy; churlish; slovenly; dowdy
- sloppy adj
- grubby adj
- shoddy adj
- churlish adj
- slovenly adj
- dowdy adj
dowdy

– primly out of date ¹
dowdy; frumpy; frumpish
– primly out of date ¹
- dowdy adj
- frumpy adj
- frumpish adj
  - nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game¹
dowdy

– lacking in smartness or taste ¹
dowdy
– lacking in smartness or taste ¹
- dowdy adj
  - a dowdy grey outfit¹
  - a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room¹

dowdy [the ~] noun

the dowdy
the slob; the frump; the grub; the dowdy
- slob [the ~] noun
- frump [the ~] noun
- grub [the ~] noun
- dowdy [the ~] noun
the dowdy

– deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust ¹
the dowdy; the pandowdy
– deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust ¹
- dowdy [the ~] noun
- pandowdy [the ~] noun

Related Words for "dowdy":

dowdiness, dowdies, dowdier, dowdiest

Alternate Synonyms for "dowdy":

styleless; unstylish
frumpy; frumpish; unfashionable
Dowding; Hugh Dowding; Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding; Dowdy; general; full general; marshal; marshall
pandowdy; pastry

Related Definitions for "dowdy":

primly out of date¹
lacking in smartness or taste¹
- a dowdy grey outfit¹
- a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room¹
deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University