frump
- noun
- /frʌmp/
- Slur
- 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.
- But a very strange thing happens at the midpoint of that movie is Mom just kind of gives up and falls in a frump.
- No, I don't think images like spike the and that was quick That was quick yeah no one would know that that's a don't even say it it was a frump.
Examples
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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.
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...because you'll never be anything but a common frump whose father lived over a grocery store and whose mother took in washing.
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A lot of sour-faced frumps with last year's clothes on.
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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.
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At the party, she felt like a total frump compared to the stylish women around her.
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Despite her intelligence, her outdated style made her seem like a frump among her trendy classmates.
Synonyms
A person who is old-fashioned and dislikes new ideas
Antonyms
Idioms
How Unfashionable
- Slur
- US
Surface Forms
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.