frumpishly
- adverb
- /ˈfrʌmpɪʃli/
- Informal
:
de manera desaliñada
- She walked into the party frumpishly dressed in outdated clothes.
Examples
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Though her sister dressed stylishly, Marianne preferred to dress frumpishly.
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She dresses frumpishly for work.
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The critic claimed the play’s costumes were frumpishly old-fashioned.
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He walks frumpishly down the street.
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She walked into the party frumpishly, wearing an old sweater and baggy pants.
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Marianne always chose to dress frumpishly, favoring comfort over style.
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Despite the fashionable crowd, he stood out frumpishly in his worn-out shoes.
Synonyms
1
5.5
In a clumsy way that is not graceful
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5.6
In a way that does not follow current styles
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4.2
In a way that looks plain or unpleasant to others
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6.8
In a way that makes someone or something look bad
In a way that looks old and not stylish
To dress or act in an old-fashioned, untidy way
In a way that does not look fashionable
In a way that looks unattractive or unpleasant
In a dull, boring way with little interest
Antonyms
How Unstylish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Frumpishly comes from the old word frump, meaning a 'dowdy' or unfashionable person, with the endings -ish ('like') and -ly (which makes it an adverb). So, to act frumpishly is to behave in a 'dowdy' or 'old-fashioned' way.