Her clothes were clean but dowdy.
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Dowdy
Synonyms for "dowdy" (77 found)
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Related words (38)
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4 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 11 languages.
Czech
3 entries- neelegantní adj (plain and unfashionable in style or dress)
- ošuntělý adj (lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby)
- staromódní adj (plain and unfashionable in style or dress)
Finnish
4 entries- mauton adj (lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby)
- nuhjuinen adj (lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby)
- tyylitön adj (plain and unfashionable in style or dress)
- tyylitön adj (lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby)
French
1 entries- vieux jeu adj (plain and unfashionable in style or dress)
German
4 entries- abgetragen adj (lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby)
- schäbig adj (plain and unfashionable in style or dress)
- schäbig adj (lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby)
- unelegant adj (plain and unfashionable in style or dress)
Greek
1 entries- κακοντυμένος adj (plain and unfashionable in style or dress)
Māori
1 entries- kanukanu adj (lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby)
Russian
4 entries- безвку́сный adj (plain and unfashionable in style or dress)
- немо́дный adj (plain and unfashionable in style or dress)
- неэлега́нтный adj (plain and unfashionable in style or dress)
- неэлега́нтный adj (lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby)
Spanish
1 entries- desastrado adj (lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby)
Swedish
4 entries- lunsig adj (lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby)
- omodern adj (plain and unfashionable in style or dress)
- sjaskig adj (lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby)
- slampig adj (lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby)
Turkish
4 entries- eski püskü adj (lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby)
- hırpani adj (plain and unfashionable in style or dress)
- pejmürde adj (plain and unfashionable in style or dress)
- pejmürde adj (lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby)
Ukrainian
3 entries- без смаку adj (plain and unfashionable in style or dress)
- немодний adj (plain and unfashionable in style or dress)
- старомодний adj (plain and unfashionable in style or dress)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
[...she was] a perfect saint amongst women, but so dreadfully dowdy that she reminded one of a badly bound hymn-book.
Source: wiktionary
Miss Marina Thompson, a distant cousin of my husband's. She's rather dowdy, is she not?
Source: wiktionary
“Ha! Shagging a chair is quite odd.” “Its legs were very sexy. And I know how you are, so I expected a challenge. What did you turn into anyway?” “Oh, the dowdiest mortal woman. You should have seen it.” “Oh, I would have been all over that.” “I know!”
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