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frump·y
 frumpy
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- pronunciation:
- fruhm
pi
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
frumpier, frumpiest |
| definition 1: |
drab, unfashionable, or plain in appearance, dress, or manner.
My aunt looks a bit frumpy in her baggy dresses and old scarves.- antonyms:
- fashionable, stylish
- similar words:
- dowdy
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| definition 2: |
dull and primly sedate.
Our grandparents were somewhat frumpy and not at all amused by our childish antics.- synonyms:
- sedate, strait-laced
- antonyms:
- playful, vivacious
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| related words: |
dowdy |
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| derivations: |
frumpily (adv.), frumpiness (n.) |
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