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frumpy
frump F0345800 (frŭmp)n.1. A girl or woman regarded as dull, plain, or unfashionable.2. A person regarded as colorless and primly sedate.
[Possibly short for Middle English frumple, wrinkle, from Middle Dutch verrompelen, to wrinkle : ver-, completely; see per in Indo-European roots + rompelen, to wrinkle.]
frump′i·ly adv.frump′i·ness n.frump′y adj.frumpy (ˈfrʌmpɪ) or frumpishadj(of a woman, clothes, etc) dowdy, drab, or unattractive ˈfrumpily, ˈfrumpishly adv ˈfrumpiness, ˈfrumpishness nfrump•y (ˈfrʌm pi)
adj. frump•i•er, frump•i•est. dowdy, drab, and unattractive. [1740–50] frump′i•ly, adv. frump′i•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | frumpy - primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"frumpish, dowdyunfashionable, unstylish - not in accord with or not following current fashion; "unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now unfashionable kind" |
frumpy frumpishadjective dowdy, dated, dreary, out of date, drab, unfashionable, dingy, mumsy, badly-dressed, unhip (slang) I looked so frumpy next to those women.Translationsantiquadodémodéultrapassadofrumpy
Synonyms for frumpyadj dowdySynonyms- dowdy
- dated
- dreary
- out of date
- drab
- unfashionable
- dingy
- mumsy
- badly-dressed
- unhip
Synonyms for frumpyadj primly out of dateSynonymsRelated Words |