Frump
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fɹʌmp/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Frump is a noun meaning (countable, colloquial) A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.
Meaning
(countable, colloquial) A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.
More Meanings
- (uncountable, colloquial) Unattractive, dowdy clothes.
- (countable, dated) A bad-tempered person.
- To assume a countenance or demeanor indicating irritation, ill-humor, or disapproval.
- (obsolete) A flout or snub.
- (obsolete, transitive) To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub.
Example Sentences
You look like such a frump today!
Get that frump off – it's horrid!
Was ever gentlewoman So frump'd off with a fool!
Using the ideal of French female beauty as a stick with which to beat Britain's supposedly sexless frumps is a stereotype centuries old.
Word Forms
- frumps
- frumping
- frumped
Synonyms for frump
Depending on context, synonyms include dog.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dog, flump, fugly, frumper, ugly, galoot.
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