Hyphenation of dowdy

Are you trying to hyphenate dowdy? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

dowdy

Definitions of dowdy:

1.	British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
2.	Deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
3.	Lacking in smartness or taste A dowdy grey outfit A clean and sunny but completely dowdy room
4.	Primly out of date Nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game

Synonyms of dowdy:

adj	styleless, unstylish
adj	frumpy, frumpish, unfashionable, unstylish
noun	Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy, general, full general, marshal, marshall
noun	pandowdy, pastry

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.