dowdy in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

dowdy in the PONS Dictionary

dowdy Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to wear dowdy clothes
vestir con poca gracia
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The owners had not upgraded or modernized the hotel in decades, and it was said to be dowdy at best.
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A quick examination of its stock revealed why: dowdy dresses, garish sweaters and jackets that any reasonably fashion-conscious woman under 60 would surely spurn.
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Apple pan dowdy most commonly features a pie crust, which is broken (dowdied) before serving.
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This left them plenty of opportunity to develop elaborate rituals to impress the dowdier females.
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Somewhat dowdy, she seethes with suppressed passion.
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Her appearance was also a concern, as by the age of fifteen she was described by her biographer as chunky, dowdy and double-chinned.
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She was feeling old, dowdy and unexcited by life.
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The foundry soon closed, the mercantile business struggled, the hotels had little business and the stores began to look a dowdy and rundown.
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Apple pan dowdy is an apple cobbler whose crust has been broken and perhaps stirred back into the filling.
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But your average football manager has traditionally been associated with embarrassing sartorial own goals, such as dowdy anoraks or all-enveloping sheepskin coats.
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