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Recent Examples of frumpy
The fabric is soft and has just enough stretch to move with you without looking frumpy or wrinkled.
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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?
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Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 May 2026
Reed was not the typical dowdy or frumpy critic.
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Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
Dry Goods and its sibling stores, Wild Life and Workshop, had music from former first lady of France Carla Bruni playing over the stereo and were heavy on Belgian and Japanese lines that were equal parts luxurious (silk) and frumpy (boxy).
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Marisa Meltzer,
Vanity Fair,
28 Apr. 2026
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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
Dry Goods and its sibling stores, Wild Life and Workshop, had music from former first lady of France Carla Bruni playing over the stereo and were heavy on Belgian and Japanese lines that were equal parts luxurious (silk) and frumpy (boxy).
—
Marisa Meltzer,
Vanity Fair,
28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frumpy
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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.
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With nothing but the season at stake, Georgia won in a fashion most unbecoming a team that leads Division I in home runs.
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Internal affairs probe found multiple policy violations An internal investigation found Mercer violated four department policies, including dereliction of duty and conduct unbecoming of an officer.
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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.
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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.
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The corpse stink was, at first, slightly too repulsive to unleash on the Field Museum’s unsuspecting visitors, so it was toned down slightly.
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This provision is equally repulsive.
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Platner is loathsome in so many ways.
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The hard part to imagine about this fit is a Denver fan favorite wearing the loathsome purple and gold of the Lakers.
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Noah Kahan is speaking out about a disgusting habit picked up by some music fans.
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French broadcaster French Pierron was under fire for calling childbirth 'a disgusting moment.
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“Frumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frumpy. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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