Synonyms of the word dowdy


DOWDYFRUMPISH - FRUMPY - GENERAL - MARSHAL - MARSHALL - PANDOWDY - PASTRY - STYLELESS - UNFASHIONABLE - UNSTYLISH

dowdy

  • adj. Plain and unfashionable in style or dress.
  • adj. Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby.
  • n. A plain or shabby woman.

frumpish

  • adj. Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing. More typically used to describe women than…

frumpy

  • adj. Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.
  • adj. (dated) Ill- or bad-tempered.

general

  • adj. Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.; as opposed to specific…
  • adj. (sometimes postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate…
  • adj. Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
  • adj. Not limited in use or application; applicable to the whole or every member of a class or category.
  • adj. Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
  • adj. Not limited to a specific class; miscellaneous, concerned with all branches of a given subject or area.
  • n. (now rare) A general fact or proposition; a generality.
  • n. (military) A senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific…
  • n. A great strategist or tactician.
  • n. (Christianity) The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits.
  • n. (nautical) A commander of naval forces; an admiral.
  • n. (colloquial, now historical) A general servant; a maid with no specific duties.
  • n. A general anaesthetic; general anaesthesia.
  • v. To lead (soldiers) as a general.

marshal

  • n. A high-ranking officer in the household of a medieval prince or lord, who was originally in charge of…
  • n. A military officer of the highest rank in several countries, including France and the former Soviet Union;…
  • n. A person in charge of the ceremonial arrangement and management of a gathering.
  • n. (US) A federal lawman.
  • v. To arrange troops etc. in line for inspection or a parade.
  • v. (by extension) To arrange facts etc. in some methodical order.
  • v. To ceremoniously guide, conduct or usher.
  • v. To gather data for transmission.

marshall

  • n. (US) Alternative spelling of marshal.

pandowdy

  • n. (US) A pudding of spiced, sliced apples (or other fruit), sugar and butter, baked with a crumble topping…

pastry

  • n. A baked food group which contains items made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts,…
  • n. (uncountable) The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
  • n. (obsolete) The place where pastry is made.

styleless

  • adj. Lacking good style or any style at all.
  • adj. (botany) Lacking a style (stalk structure).

unfashionable

  • adj. Not fashionable.

unstylish

  • adj. Not stylish; unfashionable.

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