DOWDY Meaning of DOWDY in English adj. 25B6; adjective UNFASHIONABLE, frumpy, old-fashioned, inelegant, shabby, scruffy, frowzy; Brit. informal mumsy; Austral./NZ informal daggy. fashionable. Concise Oxford thesaurus English vocabulary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка тезаурус. 2012