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Dowdy Common

Dowdy has 7 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust

3

A plain or shabby person

Adjective
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primly out of date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"

3

Plain and unfashionable in style or dress.

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

Example Sentences
"a dowdy grey outfit" adjective
"a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room" adjective
"nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game" adjective
See Also
style dowdily dowdified stylishness plain frumpy shabby dowdiness
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
pastry
Rhyming Words
bawdy bewdy gowdy howdy rowdy crowdy pandowdy figgy dowdy young rowdy
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