Thesaurus / dowdy
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High 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. MEADEThe dowdy woman gave the porter a tip, and sent him on an errand.
MY LITTLE SISTERELIZABETH ROBINSWORDS RELATED TO DOWDY
- abject
- avaricious
- base
- black
- calculated
- corrupt
- covetous
- debauched
- degenerate
- degraded
- despicable
- disreputable
- dowdy
- filthy
- foul
- grasping
- grubby
- ignoble
- impure
- low-down
- mean
- mercenary
- miserable
- miserly
- nasty
- poor
- scurvy
- seedy
- self-seeking
- selfish
- servile
- shabby
- shameful
- sleazy
- slovenly
- slum
- slummy
- small
- small-minded
- squalid
- unclean
- uncleanly
- ungenerous
- venal
- vicious
- vile
- wretched
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