Frump

/fɹʌmp/

Synonyms for "frump" (44 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Strong matches (13)

Noun(4 words)
dowdy clothingfrumpifyfrumpsfrumpy attire
Verb(1 words)

Related words (22)

Noun(1 words)
old fogey
old girlold grannyold ladyold trotold wifeold womanpigschlepschlumpslatternslobsloppy joeslovenslutswinetrolloptrotwar horsewar-horsewitch
Adjective(1 words)
unfashionable person

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries
appearanceattireclothingdisagreeable persondressgarmenthumanpersonunpleasant person

More specific

4 entries
dowdy blousedowdy womandrab dresserfrumpy dress

Collocations

6 entries
dowdy dressfrumpish stylefrumpy appearancefrumpy clothesfrumpy lookfrumpy outfit

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Translations

1 translations across 1 languages.

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Czech

1 entries
  • hadry noun (clothes that such a person would wear)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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You look like such a frump today!

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“I don’t mind how many strange women you’ve loved so long as you don’t tell me about them.” “Women!” said Anthony, with a virtuous air. “Women indeed! You ask James here what kind of women I was going about with last time he saw me.” “Frumps,” said Jimmy solemnly. “Utter frumps. Not one a day under forty-five.”

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Using the ideal of French female beauty as a stick with which to beat Britain's supposedly sexless frumps is a stereotype centuries old.

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If you flipped through certain magazines at this time you could be forgiven for thinking that there was no right way to be a woman, only wrong ones — bimbo or frump, slut or prude, shrew or doormat.

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