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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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It was only for dowdy, boring women, and that women were equal now.
CHECK THE DATA: IT’S A MAN’S WORLD (THE FREAKONOMICS RADIO BOOK CLUB EP. 10)MARIA KONNIKOVASEPTEMBER 25, 2021FREAKONOMICSHigh company; among others the Duchess of Albemarle, who is ever a plain homely dowdy.
DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, COMPLETESAMUEL PEPYSVal felt dowdy and dull in her mourning; it was an insult to the fair summer weather to go about in such clothes.
THE OPEN QUESTIONELIZABETH ROBINSAfter eating a few, I offered the rest to a dowdy elderly woman on my left who was munching dry biscuits from a paper bag.
PENELOPE'S ENGLISH EXPERIENCESKATE DOUGLAS WIGGINNot a bad, dowdy little woman—the man a worse stick in the drawing-room than the pulpit, if possible.
A SHEAF OF CORNMARY E. MANNIf Clarice, on the other hand, had been asked to describe Mary, she would probably have called her a red-faced dowdy.
QUICKSILVER SUELAURA ELIZABETH HOWE RICHARDSShe wore a large, dowdy hat of black beaver, and a sort of slightly affected simple dress that made her look rather sack-like.
SONS AND LOVERSDAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE"Do you know, I really liked her better last year, when she was frumpy and dowdy," faltered Dopsy.
MOUNT ROYAL, VOLUME 3 OF 3MARY ELIZABETH BRADDONI love society, and you only care to associate with dowdy, frumpish people.
AVERILROSA NOUCHETTE CAREYIt is so awfully dowdy; it is not what a lady ought to wear.
A VERY NAUGHTY GIRLL. T. MEADEWORDS RELATED TO DOWDY
- ancient
- antiquated
- antique
- archaic
- behind the times
- bygone
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- démodé
- extinct
- grown old
- moldy
- musty
- neglected
- not current
- not modern
- not with it
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- of old
- of olden days
- of the old school
- old
- old guard
- old-hat
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- out
- out of it
- out of style
- out-of-date
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- primitive
- rococo
- superannuated
- unfashionable
- unstylish
- vintage
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- archaic
- behind the times
- bygone
- corny
- dated
- dead
- demoded
- disapproved
- dowdy
- démodé
- extinct
- fusty
- grown old
- moldy
- musty
- neglected
- not current
- not modern
- not with it
- obsolescent
- obsolete
- odd
- of old
- of olden days
- of the old school
- old
- old-fangled
- old-hat
- old-time
- olden
- oldfangled
- out
- out of it
- out of style
- out-of-date
- out-of-style
- outdated
- outmoded
- outworn
- passé
- past
- primitive
- rococo
- superannuated
- unfashionable
- unstylish
- vintage
- ancient
- antiquated
- antique
- archaic
- behind the times
- bygone
- corny
- dated
- dead
- demoded
- disapproved
- dowdy
- démodé
- extinct
- fusty
- grown old
- moldy
- musty
- neglected
- not current
- not modern
- not with it
- obsolescent
- obsolete
- odd
- of old
- of olden days
- of the old school
- old
- old-fangled
- old-hat
- old-time
- olden
- oldfangled
- out
- out of it
- out of style
- out-of-date
- out-of-style
- outdated
- outmoded
- outworn
- passé
- past
- primitive
- rococo
- superannuated
- unfashionable
- unstylish
- vintage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.