Dowdy

Word DOWDY
Character 5
Hyphenation dow dy
Pronunciations /ˈdaʊdi/

Definitions and meanings of "Dowdy"

What do we mean by dowdy?

Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby. adjective

Old-fashioned; antiquated. adjective

A dowdy person; a frump. noun

A slatternly, slovenly, ill-dressed woman; a slattern, especially one who affects finery. noun

Slovenly; ill-dressed; slatternly: applied to women.

Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking. adjective

An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. noun

Plain and unfashionable in style or dress. adjective

Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby. adjective

Deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust noun

Primly out of date adjective

Lacking in smartness or taste adjective

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

A plain or shabby person

Unfashionable or old fashioned clothes. Can be used to describe a person or other objects. Urban Dictionary

Old fashion or Nasty. Urban Dictionary

A Kentucky term referring to low quality marijuana. Urban Dictionary

A plain, frumpy, non-interesting female who will often dress in a masculine fashion. Will be jealous of attractive and educated women who stand out and have more to offer. As a result will latch on to the first man, (despite claiming they hate them) who show interest in them and live off them like a parasite. Urban Dictionary

One who has sex with a female or male for more than two hours and does not cum Urban Dictionary

A describing word that means grey, dark, small. Urban Dictionary

A penis, usually of a gay nature. Also called dick, kaslopis, and the one eyed serpent from rainbow land. Urban Dictionary

The art of doing someone in the anus. Also knows as anal or butt-fuck. Urban Dictionary

The act of not doing shit because your wife has your nuts in locked cabinet. Urban Dictionary

An ugly person with a dull, drab lifeless hair colour such as brown, dark grey, black etc. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Dowdy

The word "dowdy" in example sentences

Her Aunt Mimi isn't beautiful, at least on the outside: she buries her features beneath thick powder, marches around in dowdy clothes and looks old beyond her years. ❋ Joe Morgenstern (2010)

They had been out at General Headquarters, living in dowdy little hotels in Arras ever since October, most of them. ❋ Unknown (1940)

The galaxy of handsome women that formed the court of the Emperor had perhaps sent beauty somewhat out of fashion; for the high-born ladies who took their place were what we should call dowdy, and had nothing distinguished in their appearance. ❋ Gronow, Rees Howell, 1794-1865 (1862)

While girlie, they weren't prim or dowdy, which is surely important to Stuart's typically young customer - someone like Emma Roberts, who sat in the front row. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Have a look at this for a brilliant exposé of how the real flesh, blood, mousy hair and freckles of a 'dowdy' girl next door can be transformed into an unattainable goddess. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Also, women are so worried about appearing "dowdy," but these paintings do not show magnificent clothing, just feminine clothing -- skirts and dresses. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What a nice way to show that dressing modestly doesn't have to mean "dowdy" or "drab"! ❋ Unknown (2008)

I admit to initially noticing her because she was kind of dowdy I was in a Starbucks of upscale clientele. ❋ Ashley R (2009)

One is 'like an édition de luxe of a wicked French novel, meant specially for the English market', another as 'dowdy' as a 'badly bound hymn-book'. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I just looked at the 4-Yard-Line collection again at the wiki, and the patterns aren't specifically "dowdy". ❋ Unknown (2008)

After Two Banks Cancel Credit Talbots Inc., which is counting on an overhaul of its self-described "dowdy" offerings to counter a sharp drop in sales, reported that two banks canceled letters of credit in another sign that the credit crunch is rippling through the economy. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I told her how frequently the word "dowdy" came up when I talked to nuns. ❋ Unknown (2002)

A very common-looking red face it was, and a very "dowdy" figure. ❋ Eliezer Edwards (1853)

Kagan as "dowdy" and even commented on the position of Kagan's legs when she is seated. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Number two, are we so age-obsessed that regardless of their impact, people are useless, boring, and "dowdy" if they're not young and beautiful? ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of his comments regarding Dr. Rosalind's crystallography analysis showing the double helical structure of DNA was that she was "dowdy". ❋ Unknown (2009)

Jacob Boehme, but, if so, he had only become more "dowdy" by the reading, for he has not seized and appreciated Boehme's constructive thoughts, and, at least in his later period and in his last book, he is floundering under the heavy weight of millenarian ideas, which do not harmonize well with his occasional spiritual insights of an ever-growing revelation to man through the eternal Word who in all ages voices Himself within the soul. ❋ Rufus Matthew Jones (1905)

Look how dowdy that [cunts] clothes are! [Fuck me] [Grandma], you're so damn dowdy. ❋ Smartfella69 (2016)

That dumb [dowdy] bitch [keeps] Fhuking tryinqq [meh]. ❋ _bebba_ (2009)

"Man, [that smoke] wasnt worth $30 a [half quarter]. It was some [dowdy] weed. ❋ KY_JACK (2009)

"Kelly should have been born a man; she dresses like one and she should really do something about that limp hair. She's so [dowdy]. Do you know she got a job through her husband because she had poor exam results and couldn't get a decent job of her own [accord]? Yeah, she came off a [rough housing] estate and is average as average could be. No wonder she is jealous of the pretty girls with their top exam grades, who managed to live in privileged areas off their own bat. She couldn't afford anything without a man." ❋ Kandp (2010)

"Dude [last night], i [pulled] a [dowdy]" ❋ Holden McGroind (2009)

[Kevin the pigeon] had [dowdy] [feathers] ❋ BGT Sticker 42825 (2012)

Fresh Dowdy the Human [Skeetbox] Got some [Flavored] Dowdy on his [Reeboks] ❋ MadFace McLovin (2008)

Dude i was at this party last night and i totally [saw] [this guy] doing it Dowdy-Style with some [chick]. ❋ Seanbob37373737 (2007)

Sorry guys, I have to [dowdy out] [on the hog] hunting trip. My wife wants me to [clean the bathroom]. ❋ Turbomonkeypunch (2017)

You [think] I'm [ugly]? [You're a] dowdy migga! ❋ John McAllister (2005)

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