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synonyms for dowdy
- antiquated
- dingy
- drab
- frumpy
- run down
- shabby
- unkempt
- bygone
- plain
- vintage
- archaic
- baggy
- bedraggled
- blowsy
- dated
- dull
- frowzy
- homely
- moldy
- old hat
- outdated
- outmoded
- out-of-date
- passé
- scrubby
- slatternly
- sloppy
- slovenly
- stodgy
- tacky
- tasteless
- unfashionable
- unseemly
- unstylish
- untidy
- wrinkled
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How to use dowdy in a sentence
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 Konnikova | September 25, 2021 | Freakonomicsdowdy began showing symptoms of the illness caused by the novel coronavirus late last week and was soon hospitalized.
Longtime Virginia Capitol Police officer dies of covid-19 | Laura Vozzella | March 10, 2021 | Washington PostThese doctors make “conscious uncoupling” sound so groovy that actually being together begins to seem a little dowdy and dull.
The fact that Rice is a dowdy, silver-haired nun plays well in the Court of Public Opinion.
Afterward I told dowdy I liked that part about the ship of state.
‘The Land of the Permanent Wave’ Is Bud Shrake’s Classic Take on ‘60s Texas | Edwin Shrake | February 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“I need to get some sleep,” dowdy said abruptly and headed off into one of the bedrooms.
‘The Land of the Permanent Wave’ Is Bud Shrake’s Classic Take on ‘60s Texas | Edwin Shrake | February 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRepresentative dowdy had no faith that I would not cruise the lonely roads through the pine forests shouting, “dowdy drinks!”
‘The Land of the Permanent Wave’ Is Bud Shrake’s Classic Take on ‘60s Texas | Edwin Shrake | February 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHigh company; among others the Duchess of Albemarle, who is ever a plain homely dowdy.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel 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 Question | Elizabeth 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 Experiences | Kate Douglas WigginNot a bad, dowdy little woman—the man a worse stick in the drawing-room than the pulpit, if possible.
A Sheaf of Corn | Mary E. MannIf Clarice, on the other hand, had been asked to describe Mary, she would probably have called her a red-faced dowdy.
Quicksilver Sue | Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
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