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frumpy

English

Etymology

Either from frump or from Middle English frumple +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?f??m.p?/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?f??m.pi/

Adjective

frumpy (comparative frumpier, superlative frumpiest)

  1. Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.
    She came to the door in a frumpy housedress and bedroom slippers.
    • 2005, Siobhan Roberts, John Horton Conway: the world’s most charismatic mathematician, in: The Guardian, July 23rd 2015
      Although still young at heart and head, he looks more and more like his old friend Archimedes, increasingly bearded and increasingly grey, with an otherworldly mien – a look that should earn him a spot in the online quiz featuring portraits of frumpy old men under the rubric “Prof or Hobo?”
  2. (dated) Bad-tempered.

Related terms

  • frump
  • frumpily
  • frumpiness

Translations

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unattractive

English

Etymology

From un- +? attractive.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ækt?v

Adjective

unattractive (comparative more unattractive, superlative most unattractive)

  1. Not handsome or beautiful or appealing.
  2. Lacking the power to attract interest.

Antonyms

  • attractive

Translations

Noun

unattractive (plural unattractives)

  1. An aesthetically unattractive person

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