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     • The meaning of DOWDY is not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby.
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   What does the term 'Dowdy' mean?

   • The term 'dowdy' means clothes are dull and unfashionable. [disapproval] [...] It can also be described as frumpy, old-fashioned, shabby, or drab. [...] Collins English Dictionary provides these examples, although they may contain sensitive content that does not reflect the opinions or policies of Collins. She's dowdy and grey-haired.

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   What does Dowd mean?

   • Dowd meaning (archaic) A dowdy person, especially a woman; a frump.

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   What is a dowdy woman?

   • Not neat or stylish in dress or appearance; shabby. Old-fashioned; antiquated. A dowdy woman. Pandowdy. Late 16th century. Origin uncertain: probably literally “little poorly dressed woman,” formed from doue “poorly dressed woman.” They're not as dowdy as they once were, either!

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   What is the origin of the surname Dowdy?

   • The surname Dowdy is of Irish origin, specifically from County Mayo (Irish: Maigh Eo) located on the West coast of the Republic of Ireland in the province of Connacht*. For centuries, the leading sept of northern Ui Fiachrach bore this surname.*

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   Should we have a dowdy education system?

   • Of course, nobody wants to see in the shops packages which are dowdy, unattractive and unhygienic. They exist only in drab, dreary, dowdy streets. We can never be great if we have a dowdy educational system. People do not want to walk into a dowdy-looking post office, on which no money has been spent for years.

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   What does a dowdy woman look like?

   • She was a loose made, dusty, dowdy woman with a persuading, conscious and embracing manner and very greasy hair. The dressiest ones often get dowdy, the most musical can't abide music, the most talkative have the dumps. I love society, and you only care to associate with dowdy, frumpish people.

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   Dowdy definition: not stylish; drab; old-fashioned. See examples of DOWDY used in a sentence.

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     Pandowdy definition: a deep-dish pie or cobbler made with...

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   The meaning of DOWDY is not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby. How to use dowdy in a sentence.

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   DOWDY definition: 1. (especially of clothes or the person wearing them) not attractive or fashionable: 2…. Learn more.

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   (especially of clothes or the person wearing them) not attractive or fashionable: a dowdy skirt. She looked dowdy and plain. Synonyms. frowzy disapproving. frumpy disapproving. Opposite. glamorous. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not attractive to look at. back end. be no oil painting idiom. be not much to look at idiom. bleakly.

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   If you describe someone or their clothes as dowdy, you mean their clothes are dull and unfashionable. [disapproval] She had a somewhat dowdy appearance. ...clothes which were clean but dowdy. Synonyms: frumpy, old-fashioned, shabby, drab More Synonyms of dowdy. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   antiquated. slovenly. frowzy. drab. unkempt. Antonyms: modern.

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    If you describe someone or their clothes as dowdy, you mean their clothes are dull and unfashionable. [disapproval] [...] More. Pronunciations of 'dowdy' American English: daʊdi British English: daʊdi. More. Synonyms of 'dowdy' • frumpy, old-fashioned, shabby, drab [...] More. Examples of 'dowdy' in a sentence.