Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- adj. Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.
- adj. Ill- or bad-tempered.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. primly out of date
Examples
“Who would you rather have, Obama in frumpy jeans or Palin in a $10,000 outfit?”
“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
“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.”
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner
“President Obama, that's okay, you can be "frumpy" .... we voted for your intellect, ideas and promise of change not because you can throw a baseball or not.”
“I have found a few simple patterns that I really like, though I think they look a little "frumpy" when put together.”
“I thought one of the points of the show was they were kind of frumpy-ish single women. brian”
“It was a pair of long, gray - "frumpy" as she described it - slacks.”
The Washington Post: Defense in Levy murder trial tries to undercut government's star witness
“Most of the Merrills are kind of frumpy, but they do have a couple of cute styles as well.”
“KATRINA SZISH, ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALIST: She was kind of frumpy and out of her mouth came this amazing voice.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘frumpy’.
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Adjectives with 2 syllables that end in -y
angry, bossy, busy, chilly, cheesy, creepy, dirty, early, funny, hairy, happy, healthy and 126 more...
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funny & derogatory
WARNING: VERY EXPLICIT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
funny derogatory names, quotes, phrases.
( randomness, ad hom, ad hominem )buttfucking quitter, dirty sanchez, donkey punch, falcon punch, assbadger, unicorn turd, assclown, fudgenut, quackery, friggin homo, buttmuncher, jackwagon and 154 more...
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Words sung by: Belle and Sebastian
beguiling, herbaceous, peninsula, suffragette, damascan, hastening, berserk, overtime, leccy, bestow, swathe, arab strap and 193 more...
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Y
What a -Y does to an otherwise common, dull word
zany, waxy, wavy, arty, chewy, bony, boxy, cozy, nosy, foxy, wiry, junky and 321 more...
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THE WAY WE DRESS
These Vocabulary will learn adjectives that describe fashion choices and personal style in clothes.
chic, classic, conservative, elegant, fashionable, flashy, formal, frumpy, functional, funky, quirky, retro and 10 more...
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bianca's list of non-euphonious words
crepuscular, crapulence, fricative, feculant, cacophony, sarcophagus, affricate, dischordant, fricasse, discalced, frumpy, skeletal and 1 more...
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onomatopoeia
hiccup, burp, gasp, quack, zipper, wip-poor-will, bling, frumpy, ropey, ratchet, squish, cackle and 1 more...
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TALLYRAND's list
snowbroth
panshard
tissick
clamjaphry
fretting-frock
uselessness Dude, you're such a frump. Dec 2, 2009
bilby Are you a grumpy frumpy trumper? Dec 2, 2009
marky Do Not Want.
Avoid at all costs. If you must use it, the alternative 'frumpish' sounds better to me. Dec 2, 2009
Prolagus Take Judy, with her bow and arrow, she's a mastermind
Too frumpy for the teenage population of her time
Car coat, she has a quilted jacket with a hood if it rains
Big pockets for the pharmaceuticals she takes to fix her brain.
(The rollercoaster ride, by Belle and Sebastian) Nov 12, 2008
kingtaj this word is too cute to be frumpy... May 2, 2008