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DOWDY
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Irregular inflected forms: dowdier , dowdiest
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
Synonyms:
dowdy; pandowdy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("dowdy" is a kind of...):
pastry (any of various baked foods made of dough or batter)
Sense 2
Meaning:
British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
Synonyms:
Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding; Dowding; Dowdy; Hugh Dowding
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)
marshal; marshall ((in some countries) a military officer of highest rank)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Primly out of date
Example:
nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
unfashionable; unstylish (not in accord with or not following current fashion)
Derivation:
dowdiness (having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking in smartness or taste
Example:
a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room
Classified under:
Similar:
styleless; unstylish (lacking in style or elegance)
Derivation:
dowdiness (having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance)
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