dowdy

Speech parts

1. dowdy - Noun

2. dowdy - Adjective

3. dowdy - Verb

5. dowdy - Adjective Satellite

6. Dowdy - Proper noun

Meaning

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

An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman.

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In New York I was always offered the hot, sexy roles. But in L.A. I was offered the plain, dowdy roles. It says a lot about the difference between the coasts. Bebe Neuwirth

The life of a bestselling novelist sounds like it ought to be spectacularly glamorous and fun, but in fact I spend most of my time incognito, and in fact were you to pass me in the street you would think I was just another dowdy suburban mom. Jane Green

You don't have to be dowdy to be a Christian. Tammy Faye Bakker

Hey there, Georgy girl Why do all the boys just pass you by? Could it be you just don't try or is it the clothes you wear? You're always window shopping but never stopping to buy So shed those dowdy feathers and fly - a little bit. Tom Springfield

nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game Source: Internet

a dowdy grey outfit Source: Internet

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