frumpish

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/ˈfɹʌmpɪʃ/

adjective

Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind.

“women in frumpish dresses”

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frumpydowdyunfashionableunstylish
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Meanings

adjectivefrumpish (comparative more frumpish, superlative most frumpish)

comparative more frumpish · superlative most frumpish

  1. Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind.

    women in frumpish dresses

    Synonyms: frumpy

  2. datedBad-tempered.

    Synonyms: frumpy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePoorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind.

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frumpy

adjectiveBad-tempered.

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frumpy

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveprimly out of date

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dowdyfrumpyunfashionableunstylish
Also see
dowdyfrumpyunfashionableunstylish

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From frump + -ish.

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Cite this entry
APA

frumpish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frumpish

MLA

“frumpish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frumpish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frumpish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frumpish.

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