frumpish

frumpish
Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing. More typically used to describe women than men.

Women are forced out of despair into frumpish dress after being chewed up and spit out by men.

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  • Frumpish — Frump ish, a. 1. Cross tempered; scornful. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Old fashioned, as a woman s dress. [1913 Webster] Our Bell . . . looked very frumpish. Foote. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • frumpish — frumpy UK [ˈfrʌmpɪ] / US [ˈfrʌmpɪ] or frumpish UK [ˈfrʌmpɪʃ] / US adjective Word forms frumpy : adjective frumpy comparative frumpier superlative frumpiest wearing clothes that are not attractive or fashionable …   English dictionary

  • frumpish — /ˈfrʌmpɪʃ/ (say frumpish) adjective dowdy and unattractive. {frump + ish1} –frumpishly, adverb –frumpishness, noun …  

  • frumpish — adjective primly out of date nothing so frumpish as last year s gambling game • Syn: ↑dowdy, ↑frumpy • Similar to: ↑unfashionable, ↑unstylish • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • frumpish — adjective Date: circa 1847 dowdy, drab …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • frumpish — frump·ish (frŭmʹpĭsh) adj. 1. Dull or plain. 2. Prim and sedate.   frumpʹish·ly adv. frumpʹish·ness n. * * * …   Universalium

  • frumpish — Synonyms and related words: beat up, bedraggled, blowzy, careless, chintzy, dilapidated, dowdy, drabbletailed, draggled, draggletailed, frowzy, frumpy, grubby, in rags, informal, loose, lumpen, messy, mussy, negligent, out of date, outmoded, poky …   Moby Thesaurus

  • frumpish — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Quite outmoded or unfashionable: dowdy. Informal: tacky2. See NEW …   English dictionary for students

  • frumpish — frump·ish || frÊŒmpɪʃ adj. untidy, poorly dressed (about a woman) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • frumpish — a.; (also frumpy) Cross, cross tempered, cross grained, snappish, irritable …   New dictionary of synonyms

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