dowdy 音标拼音: [d'ɑʊdi]
a . 寒酸的,懒散的
n . 懒散的女人,邋里邋遢的女人
寒酸的,懒散的懒散的女人,邋里邋遢的女人
dowdy adj 1 :
lacking in smartness or taste ; "
a dowdy grey outfit "; "
a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room "
2 :
primly out of date ; "
nothing so frumpish as last year '
s gambling game " [
synonym : {
dowdy }, {
frumpy }, {
frumpish }]
n 1 :
British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (
1882 -
1970 ) [
synonym : {
Dowding }, {
Hugh Dowding }, {
Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding },
{
Dowdy }]
2 :
deep -
dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust [
synonym :
{
dowdy }, {
pandowdy }]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Dowdy \
Dow "
dy \,
n .;
pl . {
Dowdies }.
An awkward ,
vulgarly dressed ,
inelegant woman . --
Shak .
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dowdy ":
archaic ,
blowsy ,
bygone ,
dated ,
demode ,
down -
at -
heel ,
down -
at -
the -
heels ,
drab ,
draggletailed ,
dull ,
frayed ,
frazzled ,
frowsy ,
frowzy ,
frumpish ,
frumpy ,
full of holes ,
holey ,
in rags ,
in shreds ,
in tatters ,
messy ,
old hat ,
old -
fashioned ,
out -
of -
date ,
outdated ,
outmoded ,
passe ,
patchy ,
ragged ,
raggedy ,
ratty ,
scruffy ,
seedy ,
shabby ,
shoddy ,
slattern ,
sloppy ,
slovenly ,
slut ,
sordid ,
stodgy ,
tacky ,
tattered ,
tatty ,
torn ,
traipse ,
unbecoming ,
unfashionable ,
unkempt ,
unseemly ,
vintage
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