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Recent Examples of frumpy
The pair also has a slightly oversized fit that’s relaxed without looking frumpy.
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Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
In an era of kale Caesar salads and turmeric lattes, an old-fashioned meatloaf feels decidedly frumpy and uncool.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 17 Nov. 2025
Serve with a frumpy cheese ball and learn how to play bridge to really hit it home.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Oct. 2025
Most of the old ex-players wore frumpy jackets and walked with limps.
—Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
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Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
In an era of kale Caesar salads and turmeric lattes, an old-fashioned meatloaf feels decidedly frumpy and uncool.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 17 Nov. 2025
Serve with a frumpy cheese ball and learn how to play bridge to really hit it home.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Oct. 2025
Most of the old ex-players wore frumpy jackets and walked with limps.
—Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 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 American pilot and his navigator were tried and found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide, but they were later found guilty of obstruction of justice and conduct unbecoming of an officer for the destruction of a videotape of the incident.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Finally on December 2, 1954, by a vote of 67-22, the Senate censured McCarthy for unbecoming conduct.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
16 Jan. 2026
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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Only Birdie finds this plan repulsive, knowing this would be the ruin of her beloved niece.—
Oline Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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Or what would be attractive or repulsive to a researcher.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The film centers on Westley (Cary Elwes), a farmhand who goes on a noble quest to rescue his beloved Buttercup (Robin Wright) from the clutches of the loathsome Prince Humperdink (Chris Sarandon), to whom she's unhappily betrothed.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Jan. 2026
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What makes the exhibit work is its new perspective on a loathsome period of world history, one in which the resulting artworks aren’t allowed to suffer just because of the corporate culture that begat them.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2026
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Hearing disgusting lies spread about my brother is absolutely gut-wrenching, and my family is deeply grateful so many people have stood up and helped tell his truth.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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At one point a couple of years ago, Microsoft even used malware-like pop-ups in a disgusting overreach.—
Tom Warren,
The Verge,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Frumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frumpy. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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