frumpiness
- noun
- /ˈfrʌmpɪnəs/
- Informal
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desaliño
- She decided to change her wardrobe to avoid the feeling of frumpiness that had started to creep in.
But I would definitely error in the side of oversized, you know, not slumpy and unnecessary frumpiness, but anything but shrunken.
- But I would definitely error in the side of oversized, you know, not slumpy and unnecessary frumpiness, but anything but shrunken.
Examples
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His choice of baggy pants and oversized sweaters often gave him an air of frumpiness that he was eager to change.
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But I would definitely error in the side of oversized, you know, not slumpy and unnecessary frumpiness, but anything but shrunken.
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But I'm tired of tolerating pain for the sake of fashion, although I can't say I'm quite ready to tolerate frumpiness for comfort.
Blog text (8) -
Our leaders were willing to wager American lives on the incompetence of a Community Organizer who has lived as a Muslim and the frumpiness of a former First Lady who has intimate relations with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Blog text (24) -
Despite her age, she refused to embrace frumpiness, opting instead for vibrant colors and trendy accessories.
Synonyms
A style of dressing that looks plain and old-fashioned
A state of not being stylish in clothes or appearance
Antonyms
How Unfashionable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Frumpiness comes from the older word frump, which named a person who dressed in a dull, messy, or 'unfashionable' way. The ending -iness turns that into the 'quality' or 'state' of being frump, so frumpiness means looking old-fashioned or untidy, a useful image to remember the word.