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In some senses, frump is marked as dated, obsolete, derogatory, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
frump
/fɹʌmp/
noun 4verb 2name 1
Collocations
2VERB + FRUMP
like
ADV.
such
Definitions
noun
1
A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.
You look like such a frump today!
“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.”
2
Unattractive, dowdy clothes.
Get that frump off – it's horrid!
3
A bad-tempered person.
4
A flout or snub.
verb
1
To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub.
Was ever gentlewoman So frump'd off with a fool!
2
To assume a countenance or demeanor indicating irritation, ill-humor, or disapproval.
1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I told the guy "Well, now all I can do is come up with excuses" & told him I had to babysit. He frumped like, "Oh, shame!" and asked if I'd be there later.
name
1
Nickname for Donald Trump (born 1946), President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025).
Had he done so---Frump might have kept a FEW latino voters / As it is---FRUMP Shot his own balls off (if he has any left)
Yep, Frump refuses to say how he's going to make America great again.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
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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
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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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Was ever gentlewoman So frump'd off with a fool!
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1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I told the guy "Well, now all I can do is come up with excuses" & told him I had to b
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Had he done so---Frump might have kept a FEW latino voters / As it is---FRUMP Shot his own balls off (if he has any left)
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