frumpy
adjective, frump·i·er, frump·i·est.
Origin of frumpy
Related Words for frumpy
baggy, dingy, drab, dull, homely, old-fashioned, outdated, plain, shabby, sloppy, stodgy, unfashionable, unkempt, frumpish, blowsyExamples from the Web for frumpy
Contemporary Examples of frumpy
More hokey than the inspired objects recalled by the curators: A frumpy teddy bear.
In the novel, Newton takes up with a frumpy, unlettered Kentucky woman well into middle age.
‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ Is a Classic Twice over—as a Movie and a NovelMalcolm Jones
February 9, 2014
But relative next to our toned and styled first lady, it was stodgy and frumpy.
Gabrielle (Eva Longoria) became a frumpy mother of two overweight daughters.
The knits were heavy, the grape prints looked like table linens, and the long skirts with the high waist were frumpy.
Historical Examples of frumpy
She is frumpy enough for anything; and you call that an engagement?
The Heart of Una SackvilleMrs. George de Horne Vaizey
This is my grumpy, frumpy story, and we'll keep it to ourselves, Trot!'
David CopperfieldCharles Dickens
If she had been a stiff, frumpy thing, I just couldn't have paid the least attention to her.
Brenda's WardHelen Leah Reed
She has never ceased to talk about the frumpy crowd she met there.
Contrary MaryTemple Bailey
"Do you know, I really liked her better last year, when she was frumpy and dowdy," faltered Dopsy.
Mount Royal, Volume 3 of 3Mary Elizabeth Braddon