disapproval If you describe someone or their clothes as dowdy, you mean their clothes are dull and unfashionable. Her clothes were clean but dowdy. = frumpy
deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"
deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game" lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy gray outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room
British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)