dow·dy
adjective/ˈdaʊdi/
/ˈdaʊdi/
(comparative dowdier, superlative dowdiest)
- boring and not attractive or fashionable
无聊且不吸引人或不时尚 - I feel dull and dowdy in this outfit.
穿这身衣服我感觉沉闷和邋遢。 - a dowdy skirt
破烂的裙子 - They lived in a dowdy suburb.
他们住在一个破旧的郊区。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a noun): from dowd ‘a person of unfashionable and dull appearance’. - I feel dull and dowdy in this outfit.