DOWDIEST

DOWDY

dowdy, frumpy, frumpish

(adjective) primly out of date; “nothing so frumpish as last year’s gambling game”

dowdy

(adjective) lacking in smartness or taste; “a dowdy grey outfit”; “a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

dowdiest

superlative form of dowdy: most dowdy

Anagrams

• two-sided

Source: Wiktionary


DOWDY

Dow"dy, a. [Compar. Dowdier; superl. Dowdiest.] Etym: [Scot. dawdie slovenly, daw, da sluggard, drab, Prov. E. dowd flat, dead.]

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

– Dow"di*ly, adv.

– Dow"di*ness, n.

Dow"dy, n.; pl. Dowdies (.

Definition: An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. Shak. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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