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dowdy definition
dowdy |
Grep of noun dowdy dowdy pandowdy Overview of noun dowdy The noun dowdy has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy -- (British Marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)) 2. dowdy, pandowdy -- (deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust) 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 dowdy, frumpy, frumpish -- (primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game") Antonyms of adj dowdy 2 senses of dowdy Sense 1 dowdy INDIRECT (VIA styleless) -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 noun dowdy The noun dowdy has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy -- (British Marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)) 2. dowdy, pandowdy -- (deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust) 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 dowdy, frumpy, frumpish -- (primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game")
dowdy definition
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