Synonyms for dowdy
ˈdaʊ didowdy

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1. dowdy

   Synonyms:
   dirty, disorderly, negligent, rough, rude, slouchy, slovenly, soiled, uncared for, unkempt, untidy

   Antonyms:
   clean, cleanly, dapper, natty, neat, nice, orderly, prim, spruce, tidy, trim

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1. dowdy

   Synonyms:
   dull, shabby, common, plain, homely, dingy, scrubby

   Antonyms:
   stylish, dressy, gay, modish, gorgeous, dandified, tawdry

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1. Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   pandowdy

   Antonyms:
   stylish, fashionable

2. dowdy, pandowdyadjective

   deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust

   Synonyms:
   pandowdy

   Antonyms:
   fashionable, stylish

3. dowdyadjective

   lacking in smartness or taste

   "a dowdy grey outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"

   Synonyms:
   frumpish, frumpy

   Antonyms:
   stylish, fashionable

4. dowdy, frumpy, frumpishadjective

   primly out of date

   "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"

   Synonyms:
   frumpish, frumpy

   Antonyms:
   fashionable, stylish

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1. dowdy

   Synonyms:
   a. slovenly (in dress), ill-dressed (applied to women)

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1. dowdyadjective

   Synonyms:
   vulgar-looking, slovenly, untidy, slatternly, frowzy

   Antonyms:
   neat

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