Frumpy definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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Better be frivolous than badly dressed Well," stoutly insisted Forbes, "I'll take my chance with the well-dressed ones always; I don't believe the frumpy are the most sensible No; but you make out a prima facie case against a woman for want of taste in dress, just as you jump at the conclusion that because a woman dresses in such a way as to show she gives her mind to it she is of the right sort.

—Their Pilgrimage

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Same as frumpish, 1. I have been a grumpy, frumpy, wayward sort of a woman, a good many years. Dickens, David Copperfield, xliv.
Same as frumpish, 2. I'll take my chance with the well-dressed ones always; I don't believe the frumpy [women] are the most sensible. C. D. Warner, Their Pilgrimage, p. 94.

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The outfit was functional and frumpy, a far cry from what she'd worn on the job before she became a cop; Sachs had been a fashion model for a few years. — The Twelfth Card
But then the word frumpy crept into her mind and, even though she could strip and look at her flat stomach and thin legs and pretty face, once she thought frump, that killed it. — Manhattan Is My Beat
The neutral palette and flowing lines could be really frumpy, and put together the wrong way the Eryn brinié look could go hipster or homeless in a hurry. — StyleList Fashion Blog
And people assume just because you may be frumpy, and not to their sense of attractiveness that you're a buffoon. — Hot Air » Top Picks
Frowzy, frumpy, and frizzy, Hannah Swenson, baker extraordinaire, is in for yet another jolt when, wondering through the abandoned fairgrounds one night, she witnesses the murder of her new friend by the hands of a shadowy stranger. — Epinions Recent Content for Home