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frump

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noun/fɹʌmp/
  1. 1

    A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.colloquialcountable

    • You look like such a frump today!
  2. 2

    Unattractive, dowdy clothes.colloquialuncountable

    • Get that frump off – it's horrid!
  3. 3

    A bad-tempered person.countabledated

  4. 4

    A flout or snub.countableobsoleteuncountable

verb/fɹʌmp/
  1. 1

    To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub.obsoletetransitive

    • Was ever gentlewoman So frump'd off with a fool!
  2. 2

    To assume a countenance or demeanor indicating irritation, ill-humor, or disapproval.

    • 1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I told the guy "Well, now all I can do is come up with excuses" & told him I had to babysit. He frumped like, "Oh, shame!" an

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