dowdy

/dˈaʊdi/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. lacking in smartness or taste
   “a dowdy grey outfit”
2. primly out of date
   “nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game”

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

Synonyms for dowdy

• styleless
• frumpy
• frumpish
• unfashionable
• Dowding
• Hugh Dowding
• Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding
• pandowdy

Words that rhyme with dowdy

• cloudy
• rowdy
• howdy
• broudy
• goudie
• gowdy
• moudy