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How to pronounce frumpy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dowdy, frumpish
Derivation frump

Examples of frumpy

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Frumpy Mom's son, Cheetah Boy, did not want to play soccer until she forced him.
From the ocregister.com
Ford also needs to change Lincoln's frumpy image and reach out to younger buyers.
From the suntimes.com
We'd be stuck with the anti-monarchist Geneva Bible or maybe the frumpy Bishop's.
From the guardian.co.uk
Judy Ball's costumes and Kent Jensen's wigs combine stylish with slightly frumpy.
From the sltrib.com
A frumpy office worker begs a prim colleague to teach him the tango in two weeks.
From the denverpost.com
Unfortunately, she's rendered as bland, conservative and, oddly, a little frumpy.
From the freep.com
Sure, it's a little boxy, but those rounded corners make it more cute than frumpy.
From the businessweek.com
Frumpy Mom is looking forward to turning the tables and being picky with her kids.
From the ocregister.com
People who know Durkee, 58, describe her as frumpy, with a bargain-store wardrobe.
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More examples
  • Dowdy: primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"
  • (frumpily) dowdily: in a dowdy unfashionable manner; "she dresses dowdily"
  • Frumpy was a German rock band based in Hamburg, which existed from 1969 to 1972 and reunited from 1990 to 1995.
  • Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable; Ill- or bad-tempered
  • Chapado a la antigua