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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);
[syn: Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy]

2. deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust;
[syn: dowdy, pandowdy]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. lacking in smartness or taste;
- Example: "a dowdy grey outfit"
- Example: "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"

2. primly out of date;
- Example: "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"
[syn: dowdy, frumpy, frumpish]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dowdy \Dow"dy\, n.; pl. Dowdies. An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. --Shak. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dowdy adj 1: lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy grey outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room" 2: primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game" [syn: dowdy, frumpy, frumpish] n 1: British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) [syn: Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy] 2: deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust [syn: dowdy, pandowdy]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

52 Moby Thesaurus words for "dowdy": archaic, blowsy, bygone, dated, demode, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heels, drab, draggletailed, dull, frayed, frazzled, frowsy, frowzy, frumpish, frumpy, full of holes, holey, in rags, in shreds, in tatters, messy, old hat, old-fashioned, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, passe, patchy, ragged, raggedy, ratty, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, slattern, sloppy, slovenly, slut, sordid, stodgy, tacky, tattered, tatty, torn, traipse, unbecoming, unfashionable, unkempt, unseemly, vintage