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121tacky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj., informal, shabby, shoddy, seedy, cheap, tawdry, sleazy, cheesy (sl.), in poor taste; sticky, adhesive. See coherence, deterioration. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. tasteless unstylish, cheap,… …
122dowdily — adverb in a dowdy unfashionable manner she dresses dowdily • Syn: ↑frumpily, ↑frumpishly • Derived from adjective: ↑frumpish (for: ↑frumpishly), ↑frumpy …
123dowdiness — noun having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance • Syn: ↑drabness, ↑homeliness • Derivationally related forms: ↑homely (for: ↑homeliness), ↑drab (for: ↑ …
124drabness — noun having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance • Syn: ↑dowdiness, ↑homeliness • Derivationally related forms: ↑homely (for: ↑homeliness), ↑drab, ↑dowdy …
125frumpily — adverb in a dowdy unfashionable manner she dresses dowdily • Syn: ↑dowdily, ↑frumpishly • Derived from adjective: ↑frumpish (for: ↑frumpishly), ↑frumpy, ↑ …
126frumpish — adjective primly out of date nothing so frumpish as last year s gambling game • Syn: ↑dowdy, ↑frumpy • Similar to: ↑unfashionable, ↑unstylish • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
127frumpishly — adverb in a dowdy unfashionable manner she dresses dowdily • Syn: ↑dowdily, ↑frumpily • Derived from adjective: ↑frumpish, ↑frumpy (for: ↑frumpily), ↑ …
128homeliness — noun 1. having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance • Syn: ↑dowdiness, ↑drabness • Derivationally related forms: ↑homely, ↑drab (for: ↑drabness), ↑dowdy …
