frumpy

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Recent Examples of frumpy With natural stone in ocher and white and touches of unfinished wood, the undulating, interlocking structures create a modernist effect—a welcome change from the more classic and frumpy properties of the Côte d’Azur. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026 The fabric is soft and has just enough stretch to move with you without looking frumpy or wrinkled. — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2026 So, what's the key to inviting beanbags back into your home, without leaving your space feeling frumpy and undone? — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2026 Reed was not the typical dowdy or frumpy critic. — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for frumpy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frumpy
  1. frumpish
  2. unbecoming
  3. unaesthetic
  4. repulsive
  5. loathsome
  6. disgusting
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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
Definition of frumpish
Adjective
  • Yet there is something singularly unbecoming about a franchise as American as Superman (and its adjuncts) being willfully stripped of its patriotism and good cheer.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026
  • With nothing but the season at stake, Georgia won in a fashion most unbecoming a team that leads Division I in home runs.
    — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 17 June 2026
Definition of unbecoming
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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
  • 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
Definition of unaesthetic
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  • By their very nature, hydrogen atoms tend to be electrically repulsive to each other.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 July 2026
  • If neither meal is found to be appetizing, the winner is simply determined by what the picky eater finds least repulsive.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 15 July 2026
Definition of repulsive
Adjective
  • People commonly used tobacco to treat many ailments, including indigestion, respiratory problems, pain and loathsome mouth afflictions.
    — Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • Platner is loathsome in so many ways.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
Definition of loathsome
Adjective
  • In a series distinguished by copious disgusting battle scenes, Ormund co-stars in one of its very grossest—a gross-on-gross-on-gross flambé—and almost gets in one last barf.
    — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • His central characters can be nasty, disgusting, violent, hysterically cruel, and passionately consumed.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of disgusting

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