Usually means: Outdated, plain woman; unfashionable, drab.
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  1. dowd: Merriam-Webster
  2. dowd: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dowd: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Dowd, dowd: Wordnik
  5. Dowd, dowd: Wiktionary
  6. Dowd: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Dowd: Rhymezone
  8. DOWD: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Dowd)

▸ noun:  (archaic) A dowdy person, especially a woman; a frump.
▸ noun:  Any of various European moths of the genus Blastobasis.
▸ noun:  A surname from Irish.

Similar:
dowdy, dowst, dowdyism, doweress, daffock, dowset, dowl, duffer, dratchell, dudette, more...

Opposite:
stylish, fashionable, chic, trendy, elegant

Phrases:
Maureen Dowd, john dowd, Matthew Dowd, Ann Dowd, Tom Dowd, more...

Adjectives:
arredondo, arrendondo, old, big, intolerable, such, political, winning, former, adamantine, late



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Similar:
dowdy, dowst, dowdyism, doweress, daffock, dowset, dowl, duffer, dratchell, dudette, more...

Opposite:
stylish, fashionable, chic, trendy, elegant

Phrases:
Maureen Dowd, john dowd, Matthew Dowd, Ann Dowd, Tom Dowd, Nancy Dowd, Dowd Report, Jeff Dowd, Siobhan Dowd, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Ned Dowd, John M. Dowd, maureen dowd piece, more...

Adjectives:
arredondo, arrendondo, old, big, intolerable, such, political, winning, former, adamantine, late



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