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Перевод: dowdy
[прилагательное]
неряшливо и немодно одетый; немодный; безвкусный; неэлегантный;
[существительное]
неряшливо одетая женщина; немодно одетая женщина
Тезаурус:
- I saw one of the dowdy ladies gliding up; she touched his arm, and he turned.
- One of the girls, the plump one with the freckles and the missing front tooth, looked very plain and dowdy now that she had lost all her pretty blonde curls.
- Those dancing next to her in the line always felt dowdy by comparison.
- The church is noticeable for its dowdy appearance, the barely visible fresco of St Peter in the circle above the door and its general air of being run down.
- The betting industry needs to shake off its dowdy appearance and attract customers who will still be customers in the 21st century.
- The brightly-coloured males may be at greater risk than the dowdy females.
- The drawback was his rather dowdy wife and their increasing brood of children, an imposition to be endured.
- While Mrs Castle's separatist moves led, ironically, to a massive growth of private hospitals, they did little to reduce lengthy waiting lists or upgrade dowdy hospitals.
- This demand from fans also highlights the fact that those sessions contained a far more lively and adventurous sound than on the dowdy first album.
- Just when we're strapped for cash, only a load of new clothes can save us from looking dowdy - you wouldn't be alone in thinking that the whole thing is nothing more than a brilliant wheeze dreamt up by the fashion industry whenever times get tough.
- Agatha Christie's Miss Marple moves with the times, staying in tweeds but shedding her dowdy image.
- Its dowdy appearance is a handicap.
- "Be your age" is not advice to look dowdy, dull and unattractive, but a directive to discover the good looks and beauty that are proper to the new stage of life.
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