2. Old-fashioned, as a woman's dress.
[1913 Webster]
Our Bell . . . looked very frumpish. --Foote. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
frumpish — adjective 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. See Also: frumpy … Wiktionary
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frumpish — adjective primly out of date nothing so frumpish as last year s gambling game • Syn: ↑dowdy, ↑frumpy • Similar to: ↑unfashionable, ↑unstylish • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful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draggled, draggletailed, frowzy, frumpy, grubby, in rags, informal, loose, lumpen, messy, mussy, negligent, out of date, outmoded, poky … Moby Thesaurus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
