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[ fruhm-pee ] / ˈfrʌm pi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR frumpy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, frump·i·er, frump·i·est.Origin of frumpyFirst recorded in 1740–50; frump + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM frumpyfrump·i·ly, adverbfrump·i·ness, nounWords nearby frumpyfrumentaceous, Frumentius, frumenty, frumious, frump, frumpy, Frunze, frusemide, frustrate, frustrated, frustration Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for frumpyMore hokey than the inspired objects recalled by the curators: A frumpy teddy bear. We All Have a Rosebud in Our Pasts|Sam Roberts|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the novel, Newton takes up with a frumpy, unlettered Kentucky woman well into middle age. ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ Is a Classic Twice over—as a Movie and a Novel|Malcolm Jones|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST But relative next to our toned and styled first lady, it was stodgy and frumpy. Michelle Obama’s Signs of Fashion Restraint on Election Night|Isabel Wilkinson|November 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST Gabrielle (Eva Longoria) became a frumpy mother of two overweight daughters. ‘Desperate Housewives’: 12 Most-Memorable Moments|Maria Elena Fernandez|May 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The knits were heavy, the grape prints looked like table linens, and the long skirts with the high waist were frumpy. Paris Fall Fashion Week Ends With Vuitton and Kanye|Robin Givhan|March 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST It would be a pleasure to serve a good-looking fellow like your friend, after being plagued waiting on frumpy farmer? The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, And His Man Mark Antony O'Toole|W. H. Maxwell This is my grumpy, frumpy story, and we'll keep it to ourselves, Trot!' David Copperfield|Charles Dickens She has never ceased to talk about the frumpy crowd she met there. Contrary Mary|Temple Bailey A frumpy party is nothing more nor less than a collection of badly dressed persons. I have been a grumpy, frumpy, wayward sort of a woman, a good many years. The Personal History of David Copperfield |Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for frumpyfrumpyfrumpish (ˈfrʌmpɪʃ)
adjective(of a woman, clothes, etc) dowdy, drab, or unattractive Derived forms of frumpyfrumpily or frumpishly, adverbfrumpiness or frumpishness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to frumpybaggy, dingy, drab, dull, homely, old-fashioned, outdated, plain, shabby, sloppy, stodgy, unfashionable, unkempt, frumpish, blowsy, unstylish |