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dowdify

dowdify verb: to make dowdy; to make unfashionable.

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.

Forms of dowdify

third-person singular presentdowdifies
present participledowdifying
past participledowdified
pastdowdified

Origin of dowdify

From dowdy + -fy.

Words formed from dowdify

Questions about dowdify

What does dowdify mean?
Dowdify means to make dowdy; to make unfashionable.
What part of speech is dowdify?
Dowdify is a verb.
What is the past tense of dowdify?
The past tense of dowdify is dowdified.

Words near dowdify in the dictionary

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

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