Dowdy

['daʊdɪ] or ['daʊdi]

Definition

(noun.) deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust.

(adj.) primly out of date; 'nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game' .

(adj.) lacking in smartness or taste; 'a dowdy grey outfit'; 'a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room' .

Typist: Lycurgus--From WordNet

Definition

(superl.) Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking.

(n.) An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman.

Editor: Verna

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Slovenly (in dress), ill-dressed (applied to women).

Inputed by Logan

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Dull, shabby, common, plain, homely, dingy, scrubby

ANT:Stylish, dressy, gay, modish, gorgeous, dandified, tawdry

Typist: Margery

Definition

adj. untidy carelessly dressed soft and slack in habit.—n. an untidy woman.—adv. Dow′dily.—ns. Dow′diness Dow′dyism.—adj. Dow′dyish.

Editor: Ricky