Frumpy - English meaning

adjective

(especially of clothes) scruffy.

Usage examples:

‘pre-worn’ clothing might be a bit daggy

adjective

Untidy or dirty

Usage examples:

This hit australian sitcom, about a daggy mother and daughter, is back for a second series., daggy …

adjective

(of a person or their clothes) unfashionable and unstylish in appearance (typically used of a woman).

Usage examples:

She could achieve the kind of casual chic which made every other woman around her look dowdy

adjective

(esp. of clothes or the person wearing them) unattractive and not stylish, often because of being old-fashioned

adjective

Lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull.

Usage examples:

The landscape was drab and grey

noun

Fabric of a dull light brown colour.

Usage examples:

A young man dressed in drabs

noun

A slovenly woman.

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement.

Usage examples:

Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

verb

Make or become dull or less intense.

Usage examples:

Time dulls the memory

adjective

Not interesting or exciting; boring

Usage examples:

Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine., the lecture was dry, dull, and full of statist…

adjective

Dowdy and old-fashioned (used of a woman or women's clothes).

Usage examples:

The most frumpish wedding dress ever

adjective

(of a person or their clothes) old-fashioned and not attractive

Usage examples:

I felt fat and frumpy., a frumpy cardigan

adjective

Giving an impression of dull domesticity; dowdy or unfashionable.

Usage examples:

She wore a big mumsy dress

noun

One's mother.

Usage examples:

So, mumsy with baby pottering about, or family going to the zoo for the day can potentially have an…

adjective

A mumsy woman has an old-fashioned appearance, like that of a traditional mother

Usage examples:

As she became more successful, she changed her mumsy hairstyle for something more glamorous.

adjective

Not modern; belonging to or typical of a time in the past

Usage examples:

Old-fashioned clothes/ideas/music, she’s old-fashioned (= her views are typical of the past, not th…

adjective

Shabby and untidy or dirty.

Usage examples:

A teenager in scruffy jeans and a baggy t-shirt

adjective

In poor condition through long use or lack of care.

Usage examples:

A conscript in a shabby uniform saluted the car

adjective

Looking old and in bad condition because of wear or lack of care

Usage examples:

The man wore a long, shabby coat., we parked near bobby’s shabby trailer., her salary is $305,000 t…

adjective

Not fashionable or popular at a particular time.

Usage examples:

They lived in an unfashionable part of london

adjective

Not modern or popular

Usage examples:

They paid less for the house because it was in an unfashionable part of town.