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dowdier definition

dowdier


 
  Overview  of  adj  dowdy 
 
  The  adj  dowdy  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  dowdy  --  (lacking  in  smartness  or  taste;  "a  dowdy  gray  outfit";  "a  clean  and  sunny  but  completely  dowdy  room") 
  2.  dowdy,  frumpy,  frumpish  --  (primly  out  of  date;  "nothing  so  frumpish  as  last  year's  gambling  game") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  dowdy 
 
  2  senses  of  dowdy 
 
  Sense  1 
  dowdy 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  styleless)  ->  stylish,  fashionable 
 
  Sense  2 
  dowdy,  frumpy,  frumpish 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unfashionable)  ->  fashionable,  stylish 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  dowdy 
 
  2  senses  of  dowdy 
 
  Sense  1 
  dowdy 
  =>  styleless  (vs.  stylish),  unstylish 
 
  Sense  2 
  dowdy,  frumpy,  frumpish 
  =>  unfashionable  (vs.  fashionable),  unstylish,  out  of  fashion 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  dowdy 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  dowdy 
 
  dowdy  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  dowdy 
  dowdy 
 
  Overview  of  adj  dowdy 
 
  The  adj  dowdy  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  dowdy  --  (lacking  in  smartness  or  taste;  "a  dowdy  gray  outfit";  "a  clean  and  sunny  but  completely  dowdy  room") 
  2.  dowdy,  frumpy,  frumpish  --  (primly  out  of  date;  "nothing  so  frumpish  as  last  year's  gambling  game") 



dowdier definition