DOWDY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
   Synonym(s)
   • pandowdy (what does pandowdy mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) dowdy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pastry (what does pastry mean?)
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)
   Synonym(s)
   • Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding (what does Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding mean?)
   • Dowding (what does Dowding mean?)
   • Hugh Dowding (what does Hugh Dowding mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Dowdy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • general (what does general mean?)
   • full general (what does full general mean?)
   • marshal (what does marshal mean?)
   • marshall (what does marshall mean?)

DOWDY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • primly out of date
   Synonym(s)
   • frumpish (what does frumpish mean?)
   • frumpy (what does frumpy mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • nothing so frumpish as last year’’s gambling game
   Similar To
   • unfashionable (what does unfashionable mean?)
   • unstylish (what does unstylish mean?)
2. Meaning
   • lacking in smartness or taste
   Usage Example(s)
   • a dowdy gray outfit
   • a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room
   Similar To
   • styleless (what does styleless mean?)
   • unstylish (what does unstylish mean?)