| a. | 1. | Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking. |
| n. | 1. | An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. |
| Noun | 1. | Dowdy - British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) |
| 2. | dowdy - deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust Synonyms: pandowdy | |
| Adj. | 1. | dowdy - lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy gray outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room" |
| 2. | dowdy - primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game" |