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Recent Examples of frumpy
By the late 1970s, the Alaska’s popularity waned as tastes grew sleeker, dresses less frumpy.
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Mehr Singh, Vogue, 31 July 2025
The best bras for plus-size women have come a long way from the frumpy granny bra days.
—Elizabeth Mitchell Kadar, Glamour, 11 July 2025
Hoka Women’s Kaha 2 GTX Waterproof Hiking Boots Hiking boots don’t need to be frumpy and unstylish—just look at this adorable pair that’s now up to 59 percent off just in time for the Fourth of July.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025
Chances are Mark Duplass is most recognizable to the general public from his role on The Morning Show as Reese Witherspoon’s frumpy producer, but real Letterboxd heads know him as a longtime indie-film stalwart.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 June 2025
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Mehr Singh, Vogue, 31 July 2025
The best bras for plus-size women have come a long way from the frumpy granny bra days.
—Elizabeth Mitchell Kadar, Glamour, 11 July 2025
Hoka Women’s Kaha 2 GTX Waterproof Hiking Boots Hiking boots don’t need to be frumpy and unstylish—just look at this adorable pair that’s now up to 59 percent off just in time for the Fourth of July.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025
Chances are Mark Duplass is most recognizable to the general public from his role on The Morning Show as Reese Witherspoon’s frumpy producer, but real Letterboxd heads know him as a longtime indie-film stalwart.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frumpy
Adjective
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In short, the frumpish foursome were suggesting that holders of the top judicial office, current and former, tried to influence justice by shunting cases towards particular judges.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
18 Jan. 2018
Adjective
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The folks at Fox (News) are like, ‘Oh, this is so unbecoming of a governor.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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While being a glory hog is unbecoming, business leaders need to communicate their AI plans, processes and goals to increase trust—in their leadership and plans—and ensure adoption at scale within their organization.—
Daniel Ramsey,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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As a child, Salinas spent countless hours in his father’s sooty workshop, watching him transform unshapely metal into useful objects.—
Elisabeth Biondi,
The New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2019
Adjective
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Lamar’s performance of his slanderous mambo was the only real moment of drama and tension amid the Philadelphia Eagles’ unaesthetic beatdown of the Kansas City Chiefs.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
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Insufficient split, bent and separated legs and unaesthetic body position are a few of the others that fall under that category.—
Skyler Caruso,
Peoplemag,
1 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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The cupcake, nevertheless, looks repulsive.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
6 Sep. 2025
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But the idea of cloning my father’s voice is repulsive to me.—
Adam Verner
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Maxwell comes off as both pathetic and loathsome.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
30 Aug. 2025
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And Trump’s targeting of college campuses for being havens of antisemitism has caused a backlash from liberals who might despise that strain of hatred, but find Trump equally as loathsome.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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And putting it on her fingers and in your babies mouth is disgusting.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Because there are more aliens aboard the Maginot than just a Xenomorph, Hawley adds a few new wrinkles to the usual disgusting Alien progression of face-hugger to chest-burster.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Frumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frumpy. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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