Definitions for dowdy
Overview of noun dowdy
The noun dowdy has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy
(British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970))
2. dowdy, pandowdy
(deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust)
Overview of adj dowdy
The adj dowdy has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. dowdy
(lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy grey outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room")
2. dowdy, frumpy, frumpish
(primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game")
