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Recent Examples of frumpy
Uniqlo saw an opportunity to transform fleece jackets from frumpy technical gear into a stylish, affordable basic by manufacturing at scale.
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The top has a relaxed, slouchy silhouette that’s far from frumpy.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Though details of the plot and characters have been kept tightly under wraps, the first teaser for the film did let one cat out of its bag: Brolin will be playing a frumpy, bearded priest.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
By the late 1970s, the Alaska’s popularity waned as tastes grew sleeker, dresses less frumpy.
—Mehr Singh, Vogue, 31 July 2025
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The top has a relaxed, slouchy silhouette that’s far from frumpy.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Though details of the plot and characters have been kept tightly under wraps, the first teaser for the film did let one cat out of its bag: Brolin will be playing a frumpy, bearded priest.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
By the late 1970s, the Alaska’s popularity waned as tastes grew sleeker, dresses less frumpy.
—Mehr Singh, Vogue, 31 July 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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This is unbecoming of the office.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep. 2025
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By their own admission, this leads to a loss of a state religion and an exploration of different possible lifestyles unbecoming of a true American.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
14 Sep. 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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Someone may have had the impulse to say something despicable about the assassination of Kirk or expressed some repulsive attitudes towards a particular group of people that warranted social pressure.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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Parasites are repulsive enough in the wild, but coming across one in your food takes the gross-out factor to a whole other level.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In Del Toro’s film, the creature isn’t rejected for his loathsome appearance but for his apparent stupidity.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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Maxwell comes off as both pathetic and loathsome.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
30 Aug. 2025
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That would probably be the most disgusting kind.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Continue reading … 'DISGUSTING' – Jen Psaki jokes Usha Vance scared of her husband, ripped for 'disgusting' comments.—
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FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Frumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frumpy. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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