1) Dowding 2) Drab 3) Dull 4) Frumpish 5) Frumpy 6) Pandowdy 7) Styleless 8) Tacky 9) Unfashionable 10) Unstylish 1) Drab and old-fashioned 2) Drab; not stylish 3) Far from chic 4) Frumpish 5) Hardly hip 6) Lacking in smartness or taste 7) Like a sloven 8) Not well dressed 9) Old-fashioned 10) Old-fashioned in attire 11) Primly out of date 12) Styleless 13) Unsexy 14) Unstylish 
• (n.) An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. • (superl.) Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking.
Dow'dy adjective [ Compar. Dowdier ; superl. Dowdiest .] [ Scot. dawdie slovenly, daw , da sluggard, drab, Prov. English dowd flat, dead.] Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-...Dow'dy noun ; plural Dowdies An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. Shak. Dryden. 
Dowdy is slang for to pretend to be insane for the purposes of a practical joke.
[adj] - lacking in smartness or taste 2. [adj] - primly out of date 3. [n] - deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
slang for to pretend to be insane for the purposes of a practical joke.
frumpy adjective primly out of date; `nothing so frumpish as last year`s gambling game`