| ADJECTIVE | all | dowdy | lacking in smartness or taste |
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| all | dowdy, frumpy, frumpish | primly out of date | |
| NOUN | person | Dowdy, Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding | British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) |
| food | dowdy, pandowdy | deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust |
| Sounds | daw'diy | |
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| Rhymes | already ... yesterday: 132 rhymes with diy... | |
| Meaning | lacking in smartness or taste. | |
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| Broader | styleless, unstylish | lacking in style or elegance |
| Nouns | dowdiness | having a drab or dowdy quality |
| Meaning | primly out of date. | |
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| Synonyms | frumpy, frumpish | |
| Broader | unfashionable, unstylish | not in accord / accord with or not following current fashion |
| Nouns | dowdiness | having a drab or dowdy quality |
| Adverbs | dowdily | in a dowdy / dowdy unfashionable manner |
| Meaning | British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970). | |
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| Synonyms | Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding | |
| Instance of | general, full general | A general officer of the highest rank |
| marshal, marshall | (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank | |
| Spanish | Hugh Dowding | |
| Catalan | Hugh Dowding | |
| Meaning | Deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust. | |
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| Synonym | pandowdy | |
| Broader | pastry | Any of various baked foods made of dough or batter |
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