Synonyms for frump


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fruhmp
Phonetic Transcription : frʌmp


Définition of frump

Origin :
  • "cross, unstylish person" 1817, perhaps from frumple (v.) "to wrinkle" (late 14c.), from Middle Dutch verrompelen "to wrinkle" (see frumpy).
  • noun slob
Example sentences :
  • “The frump, as you call her, is usually a countess or a duchess,” with asperity.
  • Extract from : « The Place of Honeymoons » by Harold MacGrath
  • Frump,—the word calls up the exact picture; frump and fatuity.
  • Extract from : « The Place of Honeymoons » by Harold MacGrath
  • No one ever regained my favour by making a frump of herself.
  • Extract from : « Hypolympia » by Edmund Gosse
  • Billings waved his hand to the frump as he mounted the stairway inside.
  • Extract from : « The Haunted Pajamas » by Francis Perry Elliott
  • The frump now was to be worked off on me, and I was expected to stand for it.
  • Extract from : « The Haunted Pajamas » by Francis Perry Elliott
  • And this was the frump's father, and it was for him she was scheming to make a home!
  • Extract from : « The Haunted Pajamas » by Francis Perry Elliott
  • "And metathorax," chimed in the frump, her head close to his.
  • Extract from : « The Haunted Pajamas » by Francis Perry Elliott
  • "One bore, or one frump, can ruin a party," was a favorite saying of hers.
  • Extract from : « The Way of Ambition » by Robert Hichens
  • "To only two that I know of," responded Mrs. Frump, in a winning voice.
  • Extract from : « Round the Block » by John Bell Bouton
  • Mrs. Frump made her sentences short, to accommodate her breath.
  • Extract from : « Round the Block » by John Bell Bouton

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