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dowdiness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | drabness, homeliness |
| Type of | inelegance |
| Derivation | dowdy |
Examples of dowdiness
dowdiness
Even Ms Merkel's dowdiness has been swept away by a slick makeover.
From the economist.com
Close's dress was too severe, too busy and Dunham is too young to be wrapped in that much dowdiness.
From the stltoday.com
Employ good grooming as your best defence over dowdiness.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Butlins may have rebuilt itself, but the rest of the town, however sunkissed, remains an enclave of dowdiness.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Because, seeing her, I realize that my one hitherto foolproof excuse for my own dowdiness is completely kaput.
From the boston.com
Priscilla and Sebastian shook the dowdiness out of the Mothercare line, emphasizing colorful clothes made of natural fibers.
From the time.com
Last week, the retailer often accused of dowdiness announced a new product line created in tandem with saucy women's magazine Cosmopolitan.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Boomer tourists are thrilled that Lennon's and McCartney's childhood homes are now in the hands of the National Trust, painstakingly restored to mid-20th-century dowdiness.
From the newsweek.com
Collectibles, which once glittered in the glare of rising prices, assumed a certain dowdiness, while the stock market won the spotlight as it pierced all previous tops.
From the time.com
- Having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
- (dowdier) comparative form of dowdy: more dowdy
