dowdy

English - Turkish

Definition of dowdy in English Turkish dictionary

{s} hırpani

Onun elbiseleri temiz ama hırpani. - Her clothes were clean but dowdy.

{s} pasaklı

çapaçul

şallak

(kadın) kılıksız

(giysi) demode

dökük

rüküş

pasaklı kadın

modaya aldırış etmeyen kadın

demode/kılıksız

elmalı turta

{s} kılıksız

acayip kıyafetli kimse

elmalı sufle

derbeder

meyvalı pasta

üstü başı dökülen kadın

Related Terms

dowdiness

rüküşlük

dowdiness

kılıksızlık

dowdiness

eski püskülük

in a dowdy manner

Bir kılıksız şekilde

dowdily

derbeder bir halde

dowdiness

{i} pasaklılık

English - English

Definition of dowdy in English English dictionary

Plain and unfashionable in style or dress

Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby

a perfect saint amongst women, but so dreadfully dowdy that she reminded one of a badly bound hymn-book.

{n} an aukward and ill-dressed woman

Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking

disapproval If you describe someone or their clothes as dowdy, you mean their clothes are dull and unfashionable. Her clothes were clean but dowdy. = frumpy

An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman

lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy gray outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"

lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy gray outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room

primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"

{s} sloppy, untidy, slovenly; old-fashioned, out of style

deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust

deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"

deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game" lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy gray outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room

British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)

Related Terms

figgy-dowdy

A sort of sweet pudding, containing a large proportion of suet or pork fat, with raisins, currants and liquor

dowdier

comparative of dowdy

dowdiest

superlative of dowdy

dowdily

in a dowdy unfashionable manner; "she dresses dowdily"

dowdily

in a dowdy unfashionable manner; "she dresses dowdily

dowdily

In a dowdy manner

dowdiness

{i} state of not being stylish, old-fashionedness; sloppiness, slovenliness

dowdiness

lacking stylishness or neatness

dowdiness

The characteristic of being dowdy; frumpiness; plainness

Hyphenation

dow·dy

Turkish pronunciation

daudi

Synonyms

antiquated, archaic, baggy, bedraggled, blowsy, bygone, dated, dingy, drab, dull, frowzy, frumpy, homely, moldy, old hat

Antonyms

chic, classy, fashionable, modern

Pronunciation

/ˈdoudē/ /ˈdaʊdiː/

Etymology

[ 'dau-dE ] (noun.) 1581. Late 16th century. Origin uncertain: probably literally “little poorly dressed woman,” formed from doue “poorly dressed woman.”