dowdy

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: DowdingHugh DowdingBaron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere DowdingDowdypandowdyfrumpyfrumpish

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)Synonyms: DowdingHugh DowdingBaron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere DowdingDowdy
  2. deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crustSynonyms: pandowdy

Adjective (2)

  1. lacking in smartness or taste“a dowdy grey outfit”“a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room”
  2. primly out of date“nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game”Synonyms: frumpyfrumpish
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Dowdy \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. [1913 Webster]
Dowdy \Dow"dy\, n.; pl. Dowdies. An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. --Shak. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
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