Translation examples
adjective
Dowdy, down and out .. and ashamed of being Joyce Heath.
Desaliñada y ausente, avergonzada de ser Joyce Heath.
She was quiet, obedient, studious and a little bit dowdy.
Era callada, obediente, estudiosa y un poco desaliñada.
The members had a dowdy, worn, slumping look;
Los adeptos tenían un aspecto desaliñado, fatigado, desmadejado.
In comparison with her sister, Juliet was conspicuously dowdy.
Comparada con su hermana, Juliet llamaba la atención por lo desaliñada.
He is the peasant of the plains — the drab and dowdy digger in the earth.
Es el campesino de las llanuras, el excavador pardo y desaliñado de la tierra.
This I saw as a sort of spectre behind the girl in dowdy black.
Vi esto, como un fantasma, detrás de la desaliñada muchacha vestida de negro.
He makes me feel like an old maid, something Victorian and dowdy.
me hace sentir una vieja solterona, victoriana y desaliñada.
She felt flustered and dowdy, as if she were a schoolgirl suddenly.
Se sentía desorientada y desaliñada, como si de repente hubiera vuelto a ser una colegiala.
She would make even you look glamorous, you dowdy old thing.
Ella conseguiría que incluso, viejo y desaliñado, parecieras elegante.
It was, he said, defending his first impression, dowdy enough, if it came to that.
Y era, se dijo defendiendo su primera impresión, bastante desaliñada si a eso vamos.
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