"frumpy" meaning in English

See frumpy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɹʌm.pɪ/ [UK], /ˈfɹʌm.pi/ [US] Audio: en-us-frumpy.ogg , en-au-frumpy.ogg Forms: frumpier [comparative], frumpiest [superlative]
Rhymes: (US) -ʌmpi Etymology: Either from frump or from Middle English frumple + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|frumple}} Middle English frumple, {{suffix|en||y}} + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} frumpy (comparative frumpier, superlative frumpiest)
  1. Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable. Translations (dowdy, unfashionable): ouderwets (Dutch), stijlloos (Dutch), tyylitön (Finnish), démodé (French), ohne jeden Schick (German), stillos (German), antiquado (Portuguese), ultrapassado (Portuguese), "démodé" (Portuguese), безвку́сный (bezvkúsnyj) (Russian), немо́дный (nemódnyj) (Russian), neukusno (Serbo-Croatian), demodirano (Serbo-Croatian), staromodno (Serbo-Croatian), tantig (Swedish), lôi thôi (Vietnamese), lếch thếch (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-frumpy-en-adj-pfyM~JpD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 82 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'dowdy, unfashionable': 96 4
  2. (dated) Bad-tempered. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-frumpy-en-adj--Vdx-uF2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: frump, frumpily, frumpiness

Inflected forms

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