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Recent Examples of frump
June 12, 2024 Katie Holmes is not afraid of putting a little frump in her stride.
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Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 12 June 2024
Intriguingly, for her latest performance as a great lady from history, playing Israel’s Prime Minister Golda Meir, Mirren has finally opted to go full frump.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2023
Most often, they’re stacked right next to each other, as when Perry’s great sass-mouth frump Madea suddenly plops into the middle of a dramatic scene.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Sep. 2022
But first: Last week, the Jan. 6 committee made its case that frump tried to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election results.
—Mark Murray, NBC News, 20 June 2022
Dear Amy: My 24-year-old gorgeous, loving, and generous daughter dresses like a messy frump!
—Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2019
Dear Amy: My 24-year-old gorgeous, loving, and generous daughter dresses (quite honestly) like a messy frump!
—Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2019
Dear Amy: My 24-year-old gorgeous, loving, and generous daughter dresses (quite honestly) like a messy frump!
—Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2019
Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 12 June 2024
Intriguingly, for her latest performance as a great lady from history, playing Israel’s Prime Minister Golda Meir, Mirren has finally opted to go full frump.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2023
Most often, they’re stacked right next to each other, as when Perry’s great sass-mouth frump Madea suddenly plops into the middle of a dramatic scene.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Sep. 2022
But first: Last week, the Jan. 6 committee made its case that frump tried to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election results.
—Mark Murray, NBC News, 20 June 2022
Dear Amy: My 24-year-old gorgeous, loving, and generous daughter dresses like a messy frump!
—Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2019
Dear Amy: My 24-year-old gorgeous, loving, and generous daughter dresses (quite honestly) like a messy frump!
—Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2019
Dear Amy: My 24-year-old gorgeous, loving, and generous daughter dresses (quite honestly) like a messy frump!
—Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frump
bag
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Their bodies were found with plastic bags over their heads and evidence that their hands had been zip-tied near their father's truck, court documents obtained by USA TODAY showed.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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The girls had each been found with plastic bags over their heads and their wrists were zip-tied, according to court documents previously obtained by ABC News.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Frump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frump. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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