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English adjective: dowdy | |||
| 1. | dowdy lacking in smartness or taste | ||
| Samples | A dowdy grey outfit. A clean and sunny but completely dowdy room. | ||
| Similar | styleless, unstylish | ||
| Antonyms | stylish, fashionable | ||
| 2. | dowdy primly out of date | ||
| Samples | Nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game. | ||
| Synonyms | frumpish, frumpy | ||
| Similar | unfashionable, unstylish | ||
| Antonyms | fashionable, stylish | ||
English noun: Dowdy | |||
| 1. | Dowdy (person) British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) | ||
| Synonyms | Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowding, Hugh Dowding | ||
| Instance hypernym | full general, general, marshal, marshall | ||
| 2. | dowdy (food) deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust | ||
| Synonyms | pandowdy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pastry | ||
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