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dowdified

dowdified is the past participle of dowdify.

Meaning of dowdify

Verb

dowdify (third-person singular simple present dowdifies, present participle dowdifying, simple past and past participle dowdified)

  1. (transitive) To make dowdy; to make unfashionable.

Adjective

dowdified (comparative more dowdified, superlative most dowdified)

  1. Made dowdy.
    • To dream that you look, denotes that not only Emma Vernon, but even that dowdified Rosanna Brown will have new dresses and mantles at the picnic on Tuesday, and you will go in that odious old bonnet.1857, “Punch's Pocket-book of Fun”, in London Punch, page 28
    • She chose to take it as implying that her general appearance was, in her uncle's eyes, dowdified.1882, Albert Eubule Evans, The professor's daughter, page 151

Forms of dowdified

comparativemore dowdified
superlativemost dowdified

Questions about dowdified

What does dowdified mean?
Dowdified means made dowdy.
What is dowdified the past participle of?
Dowdified is the past participle of dowdify.
What part of speech is dowdified?
Dowdified is an adjective.

Words near dowdified in the dictionary

  1. dowdier
  2. dowdies
  3. dowdies up
  4. dowdiest
  5. dowdification
  6. dowdified
  7. dowdifies
  8. dowdify
  9. dowdifying
  10. dowdily
  11. dowdiness

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