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dowdier
Word definitions for dowdier in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dowdy \Dow"dy\, a. [Compar. Dowdier ; superl. Dowdiest .] [Scot. dawdie slovenly, daw, da sluggard, drab, Prov. E. dowd flat, dead.] Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking. -- Dow"di*ly , adv. -- Dow"di*ness , n.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy gray outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room" primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game" [syn: frumpy , frumpish ] n. British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: dowdy)
Usage examples of dowdier.
Their neighborhood looked smaller and dowdier to my eyes now, but still homey.
She looked dowdier than ever in her army surplus jacket, Daniel Boone hat, and unfastened galoshes.
Her dark short hair was freshly combed, and the clothes she wore had clearly been hastily put on in place of dowdier dress.