Synonyms:
dowdy, frumpy, frumpish
Meaning: primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"
Synonyms:
dowdy
Meaning: lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy grey outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
dowdy, pandowdy
Meaning: deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
Synonyms:
Dowding, Hugh_Dowding, Baron_Hugh_Caswall_Tremenheere_Dowding, Dowdy
Meaning: British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
Usage examples
The poor thing could no more help being plain and dowdy than born in Boston, and as their leader had satisfied herself that she "would do," they would never let her know how deeply they deplored her disabilities.
In her dowdy black and antiquated ornaments she was not what Undine would have called "stylish"; but she had a droll kind way which reminded the girl of her father's manner when he was not tired or worried about money.