Frumpish

//ˈfɹʌmpɪʃ// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing, or being clothing of this kind.

    "women in frumpish dresses"

  2. 2
    Bad-tempered. dated
Adjective
  1. 1
    primly out of date wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
frumpybeat upbeat-upbedraggledblowzycareless

Etymology

From frump + -ish.

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