Dictionary Entry
dowdy
dowdy is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking.
- 2noun
An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman.
- 3noun
deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
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- 4noun
British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
- 5adjective
primly out of date
"nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"
- 6adjective
lacking in smartness or taste
"a dowdy grey outfit"
"a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"
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