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adjective
- 1. dowdy and old-fashioned (typically used of a woman or her clothes): "I look like a frumpy mess"
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FRUMPY definition: 1. (of a person or their clothes) old-fashioned and not attractive: 2. (of a person or their…. Learn more.
The meaning of FRUMPY is dowdy, drab. How to use frumpy in a sentence. dowdy, drab: such as; dressed in an unattractive way; not attractive : having an old, dull, unflattering, or untidy appearance…
If someone, especially a woman or her clothes, is described as frumpy, it means that their clothes are dull and not fashionable. [ disapproval ] ...bulky, frumpy clothes.
When you look frumpy, your clothes are out of date and also modest, boring, or drab. Frumpy is the opposite of stylish. Definitions of frumpy. adjective. drab, old-fashioned, and unattractive. synonyms: dowdy, frumpish. unfashionable, unstylish. not in accord with or not following current fashion.
FRUMPY meaning: 1. (of a person or their clothes) old-fashioned and not attractive: 2. (of a person or their…. Learn more.
Definition of frumpy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The earliest known use of the adjective frumpy is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for frumpy is from 1746, in Clan Ronaldsmen . frumpy is formed within English, by derivation.
A complete guide to the word "FRUMPY": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
FRUMPY meaning: 1 : dressed in an unattractive way; 2 : old and unattractive.
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.
