dowdy

[dou-dee] / ˈdaʊ di /

ADJECTIVE

poorly dressed; old-fashioned

Synonyms

STRONGEST

antiquated dingy drab frumpy run down shabby unkempt

STRONG

bygone plain vintage

WEAK

archaic baggy bedraggled blowsy dated dull frowzy homely moldy old hat out-of-date outdated outmoded passé scrubby slatternly sloppy slovenly stodgy tacky tasteless unfashionable unseemly unstylish untidy wrinkled

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright good neat

WEAK

chic classy fashionable modern

Example Sentences

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The company also saw that its selection was dowdy and uninspiring.

From The Wall Street Journal

So pinched and prim like she was, I could tell she was on a fast road to becoming a dowdy old matron.

From Literature

She wore dowdy skirts with equally drab cardigans.

From Los Angeles Times

Unthinkable as it seems, Edna was dowdy then, given to mousy brown hair and pillbox hats.

From New York Times

It opened hundreds of stores, from fashionable neighborhoods like SoHo in New York to dowdy airports.

From New York Times