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View usage for: (frʌmpi) adjectiveIf you describe someone, especially a woman or her clothes, as frumpy, you mean that their clothes are dull and not fashionable. [disapproval] I looked so frumpy next to these women. ...bulky, frumpy clothes. Synonyms: dowdy, dated, dreary, out of date More Synonyms of frumpy frumpy in British English (ˈfrʌmpɪ) or frumpish (ˈfrʌmpɪʃ) adjective(used esp of a woman's appearance or clothes) dowdy or old-fashioned Derived forms frumpily (ˈfrumpily) or frumpishly (ˈfrumpishly) adverb frumpiness (ˈfrumpiness) or frumpishness (ˈfrumpishness) noun Examples of 'frumpy' in a sentencefrumpy It matters if she's doing it in a frumpy dress and nasty straw wedges.It wasn't the lifeless hair or frumpy dress.Once you get to a size 14 you find that most swimwear in the shops is dowdy and frumpy.I feel so dowdy and frumpy.YOU may think your quiet neighbour, reserved colleague or the frumpy woman on the bus lead a boring life.We will all be 50 and I would like to look cool and trendy rather than old and frumpy. I looked in the mirror and thought I looked rather frumpy. Synonyms dreary mumsy badly-dressed unhip (slang) Additional synonymsDefinition unfashionable They wore dated clothes. Synonyms old-fashioned, outdated, out of date, obsolete, archaic, unfashionable, antiquated, outmoded, passé, out, old hat, unhip (slang), untrendy (British, informal), démodé, out of the ark (informal) Definition dull, neglected, and drab He took me to his rather dingy office. Synonyms dull, dark, dim, gloomy, murky, dreary, sombre, drab, colourless, dusky, bedimmed Definition dull and dreary his drab little office Synonyms dull, grey, gloomy, dismal, dreary, shabby, sombre, lacklustre, flat, dingy, colourless, uninspired, vapid, cheerless- fruition
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Additional synonymsSynonyms homely, square (informal), plain, old-fashioned, drab, unfashionable, dowdy, unsophisticated, unglamorous, fogeyish, frumpy or frumpish processes using out-of-date technology and very old equipment Synonyms old-fashioned, ancient, dated, discarded, extinct, outdated, stale, obsolete, démodé, archaic, unfashionable, superseded, antiquated, outmoded, passé, old hat, behind the times, superannuated, out of style, outworn, obsolescent, out of the ark (informal), oldfangled Definition not popular or in vogue Wearing fur has become deeply unfashionable. Synonyms passé, out of date, outmoded, out, square (informal), old-fashioned, dated, unpopular, obsolete, out of fashion, antiquated, old hat, behind the times, unhip (slang), out of the ark (informal) |