Synonyms for dowdy

Synonyms for (noun) dowdy

Synonyms: pandowdy, dowdy

Definition: deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust

Similar words: pastry

Definition: any of various baked foods made of dough or batter


Synonyms: Dowding, Dowdy, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding

Definition: British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)

Similar words: full general, general

Definition: a general officer of the highest rank


Similar words: marshal, marshall

Definition: (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank


Synonyms for (adj) dowdy

Synonyms: dowdy, frumpish, frumpy

Definition: primly out of date

Usage: nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game

Similar words: unstylish, unfashionable

Definition: not in accord with or not following current fashion

Usage: unfashionable clothes; melodrama of a now unfashionable kind


Synonyms: dowdy

Definition: lacking in smartness or taste

Usage: a dowdy grey outfit; a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room

Similar words: unstylish, styleless

Definition: lacking in style or elegance

Usage: a styleless way of dressing; expensive but styleless country tweeds; wearing unstylish clothes


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