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DOWDINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dowdiness mean?
• DOWDINESS (noun)
The noun DOWDINESS has 1 sense:
1. having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
Familiarity information: DOWDINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
dowdiness; drabness; homeliness
Hypernyms ("dowdiness" is a kind of...):
inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)
Derivation:
dowdy (primly out of date)
dowdy (lacking in smartness or taste)
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