Synonyms for frumpy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fruhm-pee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfrʌm pi |
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Définition of frumpy
Origin :- 1746, "cross-tempered," from frump (n.) "bad temper" (1660s) and an earlier verb meaning "to mock, browbeat" (1550s), of obscure origin, perhaps imitative of a sneer or derisive snort. Sense of "sour-looking, unfashionable" is from 1825, but this may be a shortening of frumple "to wrinkle, crumple" (late 14c.), from Middle Dutch verrompelen, from ver- "completely" + rompelen "to rumple." Related: Frumps. Cf. also frump.
- adj dowdy
- She is frumpy enough for anything; and you call that an engagement?
- Extract from : « The Heart of Una Sackville » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
- This is my grumpy, frumpy story, and we'll keep it to ourselves, Trot!'
- Extract from : « David Copperfield » by Charles Dickens
- If she had been a stiff, frumpy thing, I just couldn't have paid the least attention to her.
- Extract from : « Brenda's Ward » by Helen Leah Reed
- She has never ceased to talk about the frumpy crowd she met there.
- Extract from : « Contrary Mary » by Temple Bailey
- "Do you know, I really liked her better last year, when she was frumpy and dowdy," faltered Dopsy.
- Extract from : « Mount Royal, Volume 3 of 3 » by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- It would be a pleasure to serve a good-looking fellow like your friend, after being plagued waiting on frumpy farmer?
- Extract from : « The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, And His Man Mark Antony O'Toole » by W. H. Maxwell
- I have been a grumpy, frumpy, wayward sort of a woman, a good many years.
- Extract from : « The Personal History of David Copperfield » by Charles Dickens
- A frumpy party is nothing more nor less than a collection of badly dressed persons.
- Extract from : « Etiquette » by Emily Post
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