Definition of frump in English:

frump

noun frʌmpfrəmp

An unattractive woman who wears dowdy old-fashioned clothes.
Example sentencesExamples
- Or we turn on the TV and find Maury or Sally busily making over some woman who looks too much like a frump or a tramp.
- ‘Lastly,’ she adds, ‘it doesn't matter how good your face looks, if you still dress like a frump you will still look old.
- It's as if she can't make up her mind whether she wants to be a siren, a vamp or a frump.
- She questioned angrily, ‘Who is he calling a frump?’
- She dresses like a frump, and that is the bottom line.
- But if I did not notice the adverts through my selective conditioning, I was presented with shiny happy photographs of the stars looking at their best to remind me that I am indeed a frump.
- I'd like to wear something trendy, so I don't feel like a taffeta meringue-wearing frump.
- The First Lady started out as the frizzle-haired frump in glasses, and gradually, almost imperceptibly, graduated to the pages of American Vogue and Vanity Fair.
- Realize that the same outfit that looks powerful, pulled together, and fresh on someone under 25 makes a woman more mature look like a frump.
- I'd gone from an organized woman of smooth purpose to a frenzied frump bearing a strange resemblance to a headless chicken.
- The caring mother and understanding wife became a frazzled frump.
- But you can't, because you'll never be anything but a common frump whose father lived over a grocery store and whose mother took in washing…
- Ms. Greer jumped into the movie scene as the frump turned vixen in the otherwise unmemorable Jawbreaker in 1999.
- So, she had to do with her navy business suit, making her look like an old frump.
- I hope this doesn't sound like boasting, but as soon as all the frumps saw my get-up, they bowed to my superior hideousness.
- We need you to defend us against the barbs from these jealous frumps, and their unhappy husbands.
- The anti-music, anti-nightlife frumps in Seattle have started an email campaign in support of the new Ordinance.
- Okay, for all of you Hot Mamas who are masquerading as frumps, go to this website and play the song dedicated to you.
- And, if you think that once you become a mom, you suddenly turn into a frump, you are in for one very dull ride.
- But she also comes across as a humourless frump, needing constant cajoling from her husband to stay afloat.

Derivatives

frumpish

adjective ˈfrʌmpɪʃˈfrəmpɪʃ

Dowdy and old-fashioned (used of a woman or women's clothes)
the most frumpish wedding dress ever
Example sentencesExamples
- Its flag-bearer was mocked as a frumpish former academic unable to connect with ordinary people.
- She admits she was frumpish, in twinset and pearls, when she first met John.
- This was a new departure for the press, which usually dismisses the movement as humorless, frumpish and puritanical.

frumpishly

adverb ˈfrʌmpɪʃliˈfrəmpɪʃli

When a dashingly clad officer addresses such a frumpishly dressed bum, he scolds him, as an officer in army must.
Example sentencesExamples
- Grim-eyed, stringy-haired, frumpishly virginal, the oldtime schoolmarm lived in a tradition as famed as that of the absent-minded professor.
- May herself plays the frumpishly eccentric but wealthy botanist pursued with murderous intent by Matthau's ageing, financially embarrassed playboy.

Origin

Mid 16th century: probably a contraction of late Middle English frumple 'wrinkle', from Middle Dutch verrompelen. The word originally denoted a mocking speech or action; later (in the plural) ill humour, the sulks; hence a bad-tempered, (later) dowdy woman (early 19th century).

This is probably a contraction of late Middle English frumple ‘wrinkle’, from Middle Dutch verrompelen. The word originally referred to a mocking speech or action; later as frumps it meant ‘the sulks’; this led to the word's use for a bad-tempered, and eventually a dowdy woman (early 19th century).

Rhymes

bump, chump, clump, crump, dump, flump, gazump, grump, jump, lump, outjump, plump, pump, rump, scrump, slump, stump, sump, thump, trump, tump, ump, whump

Definition of frump in US English:

frump

nounfrəmpfrəmp

An unattractive woman who wears dowdy old-fashioned clothes.
Example sentencesExamples
- But she also comes across as a humourless frump, needing constant cajoling from her husband to stay afloat.
- The anti-music, anti-nightlife frumps in Seattle have started an email campaign in support of the new Ordinance.
- So, she had to do with her navy business suit, making her look like an old frump.
- But you can't, because you'll never be anything but a common frump whose father lived over a grocery store and whose mother took in washing…
- Realize that the same outfit that looks powerful, pulled together, and fresh on someone under 25 makes a woman more mature look like a frump.
- I'd like to wear something trendy, so I don't feel like a taffeta meringue-wearing frump.
- I hope this doesn't sound like boasting, but as soon as all the frumps saw my get-up, they bowed to my superior hideousness.
- Okay, for all of you Hot Mamas who are masquerading as frumps, go to this website and play the song dedicated to you.
- ‘Lastly,’ she adds, ‘it doesn't matter how good your face looks, if you still dress like a frump you will still look old.
- Ms. Greer jumped into the movie scene as the frump turned vixen in the otherwise unmemorable Jawbreaker in 1999.
- And, if you think that once you become a mom, you suddenly turn into a frump, you are in for one very dull ride.
- The First Lady started out as the frizzle-haired frump in glasses, and gradually, almost imperceptibly, graduated to the pages of American Vogue and Vanity Fair.
- I'd gone from an organized woman of smooth purpose to a frenzied frump bearing a strange resemblance to a headless chicken.
- But if I did not notice the adverts through my selective conditioning, I was presented with shiny happy photographs of the stars looking at their best to remind me that I am indeed a frump.
- Or we turn on the TV and find Maury or Sally busily making over some woman who looks too much like a frump or a tramp.
- She dresses like a frump, and that is the bottom line.
- We need you to defend us against the barbs from these jealous frumps, and their unhappy husbands.
- It's as if she can't make up her mind whether she wants to be a siren, a vamp or a frump.
- The caring mother and understanding wife became a frazzled frump.
- She questioned angrily, ‘Who is he calling a frump?’

Origin

Mid 16th century: probably a contraction of late Middle English frumple ‘wrinkle’, from Middle Dutch verrompelen. The word originally denoted a mocking speech or action; later (in the plural) ill humor, the sulks; hence a bad-tempered, (later) dowdy woman (early 19th century).

单词	frump
释义	Definition of frump in English: frump noun frʌmpfrəmp An unattractive woman who wears dowdy old-fashioned clothes. Example sentencesExamples Or we turn on the TV and find Maury or Sally busily making over some woman who looks too much like a frump or a tramp. ‘Lastly,’ she adds, ‘it doesn't matter how good your face looks, if you still dress like a frump you will still look old. It's as if she can't make up her mind whether she wants to be a siren, a vamp or a frump. She questioned angrily, ‘Who is he calling a frump?’ She dresses like a frump, and that is the bottom line. But if I did not notice the adverts through my selective conditioning, I was presented with shiny happy photographs of the stars looking at their best to remind me that I am indeed a frump. I'd like to wear something trendy, so I don't feel like a taffeta meringue-wearing frump. The First Lady started out as the frizzle-haired frump in glasses, and gradually, almost imperceptibly, graduated to the pages of American Vogue and Vanity Fair. Realize that the same outfit that looks powerful, pulled together, and fresh on someone under 25 makes a woman more mature look like a frump. I'd gone from an organized woman of smooth purpose to a frenzied frump bearing a strange resemblance to a headless chicken. The caring mother and understanding wife became a frazzled frump. But you can't, because you'll never be anything but a common frump whose father lived over a grocery store and whose mother took in washing… Ms. Greer jumped into the movie scene as the frump turned vixen in the otherwise unmemorable Jawbreaker in 1999. So, she had to do with her navy business suit, making her look like an old frump. I hope this doesn't sound like boasting, but as soon as all the frumps saw my get-up, they bowed to my superior hideousness. We need you to defend us against the barbs from these jealous frumps, and their unhappy husbands. The anti-music, anti-nightlife frumps in Seattle have started an email campaign in support of the new Ordinance. Okay, for all of you Hot Mamas who are masquerading as frumps, go to this website and play the song dedicated to you. And, if you think that once you become a mom, you suddenly turn into a frump, you are in for one very dull ride. But she also comes across as a humourless frump, needing constant cajoling from her husband to stay afloat. Derivatives frumpish adjective ˈfrʌmpɪʃˈfrəmpɪʃ Dowdy and old-fashioned (used of a woman or women's clothes) the most frumpish wedding dress ever Example sentencesExamples Its flag-bearer was mocked as a frumpish former academic unable to connect with ordinary people. She admits she was frumpish, in twinset and pearls, when she first met John. This was a new departure for the press, which usually dismisses the movement as humorless, frumpish and puritanical. frumpishly adverb ˈfrʌmpɪʃliˈfrəmpɪʃli When a dashingly clad officer addresses such a frumpishly dressed bum, he scolds him, as an officer in army must. Example sentencesExamples Grim-eyed, stringy-haired, frumpishly virginal, the oldtime schoolmarm lived in a tradition as famed as that of the absent-minded professor. May herself plays the frumpishly eccentric but wealthy botanist pursued with murderous intent by Matthau's ageing, financially embarrassed playboy. Origin Mid 16th century: probably a contraction of late Middle English frumple 'wrinkle', from Middle Dutch verrompelen. The word originally denoted a mocking speech or action; later (in the plural) ill humour, the sulks; hence a bad-tempered, (later) dowdy woman (early 19th century). This is probably a contraction of late Middle English frumple ‘wrinkle’, from Middle Dutch verrompelen. The word originally referred to a mocking speech or action; later as frumps it meant ‘the sulks’; this led to the word's use for a bad-tempered, and eventually a dowdy woman (early 19th century). Rhymes bump, chump, clump, crump, dump, flump, gazump, grump, jump, lump, outjump, plump, pump, rump, scrump, slump, stump, sump, thump, trump, tump, ump, whump Definition of frump in US English: frump nounfrəmpfrəmp An unattractive woman who wears dowdy old-fashioned clothes. Example sentencesExamples But she also comes across as a humourless frump, needing constant cajoling from her husband to stay afloat. The anti-music, anti-nightlife frumps in Seattle have started an email campaign in support of the new Ordinance. So, she had to do with her navy business suit, making her look like an old frump. But you can't, because you'll never be anything but a common frump whose father lived over a grocery store and whose mother took in washing… Realize that the same outfit that looks powerful, pulled together, and fresh on someone under 25 makes a woman more mature look like a frump. I'd like to wear something trendy, so I don't feel like a taffeta meringue-wearing frump. I hope this doesn't sound like boasting, but as soon as all the frumps saw my get-up, they bowed to my superior hideousness. Okay, for all of you Hot Mamas who are masquerading as frumps, go to this website and play the song dedicated to you. ‘Lastly,’ she adds, ‘it doesn't matter how good your face looks, if you still dress like a frump you will still look old. Ms. Greer jumped into the movie scene as the frump turned vixen in the otherwise unmemorable Jawbreaker in 1999. And, if you think that once you become a mom, you suddenly turn into a frump, you are in for one very dull ride. The First Lady started out as the frizzle-haired frump in glasses, and gradually, almost imperceptibly, graduated to the pages of American Vogue and Vanity Fair. I'd gone from an organized woman of smooth purpose to a frenzied frump bearing a strange resemblance to a headless chicken. But if I did not notice the adverts through my selective conditioning, I was presented with shiny happy photographs of the stars looking at their best to remind me that I am indeed a frump. Or we turn on the TV and find Maury or Sally busily making over some woman who looks too much like a frump or a tramp. She dresses like a frump, and that is the bottom line. We need you to defend us against the barbs from these jealous frumps, and their unhappy husbands. It's as if she can't make up her mind whether she wants to be a siren, a vamp or a frump. The caring mother and understanding wife became a frazzled frump. She questioned angrily, ‘Who is he calling a frump?’ Origin Mid 16th century: probably a contraction of late Middle English frumple ‘wrinkle’, from Middle Dutch verrompelen. The word originally denoted a mocking speech or action; later (in the plural) ill humor, the sulks; hence a bad-tempered, (later) dowdy woman (early 19th century).
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