Overview of noun dowdy

The noun dowdy has 2 senses

• 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))


• dowdy, pandowdy -- (deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust)

Overview of adj dowdy

The adj dowdy has 2 senses

• dowdy -- (lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy grey outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room")


• dowdy, frumpy, frumpish -- (primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game")