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frump

frump

3 8.6
A woman who dresses plainly and looks unfashionable
  • noun
  • /frʌmp/
  • Slur
translation icon : [insulto (ofensivo) para una mujer poco atractiva o anticuada]
  • Not a middle-aged frump.

But a very strange thing happens at the midpoint of that movie is Mom just kind of gives up and falls in a frump.

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Examples

  • And I'll look like a frump next to all his chic clientele.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • She went from a perky, fun, youthful girl to a dowdy, unhappy, unpleasant frump within the span of several months; come to think of it, right after her marriage.

    Blog text (24)
  • - You're a frump, girl.

  • ...because you'll never be anything but a common frump whose father lived over a grocery store and whose mother took in washing.

  • A lot of sour-faced frumps with last year's clothes on.

  • She's busty and curvy—barely recognizable from the frump of the first few scenes.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • She was unhappy with her appearance and described herself as a frump in her old clothes.

  • At the party, she felt like a total frump compared to the stylish women around her.

  • Despite her intelligence, her outdated style made her seem like a frump among her trendy classmates.

Synonyms

fuddy-duddy
vsfrump
  • Offensive
6 9.7

A person who is old-fashioned and dislikes new ideas

refers specifically to a female seen as plain or unfashionable in look or manner

Antonyms

fashionista
  • Informal
9 4.9

A person who loves fashion and follows or sets new styles

A person who starts new fashions or ideas that others follow

Idioms

to be a frump
  • Offensive
9.1

Dress or behave in a dull, old-fashioned way

8.5

To appear old-fashioned and messy in your clothes

How Unfashionable

frump
  • Slur
3 8.6
plainie
  • US
9.9

Surface Forms

frump singular
frumps plural

Etymology

Frump likely comes from an old German word for a person who was 'shabby' or 'sullen', someone who looked plain or untidy, and the same root appears in frumpy. So, a frump today is a woman thought to be dull or unfashionable.