frump

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12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/fɹʌmp/

Definition of frump

7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (colloquial, countable)A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.
    “You look like such a frump today!”
    ““I don’t mind how many strange women you’ve loved so long as you don’t tell me about them.” “Women!” said Anthony, with a virtuous air. “Women indeed! You ask James here what kind of women I was going about with last time he saw me.” “Frumps,” said Jimmy solemnly. “Utter frumps. Not one a day under forty-five.””
    “Using the ideal of French female beauty as a stick with which to beat Britain's supposedly sexless frumps is a stereotype centuries old.”
    “If you flipped through certain magazines at this time you could be forgiven for thinking that there was no right way to be a woman, only wrong ones — bimbo or frump, slut or prude, shrew or doormat.”
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noun

  1. (colloquial, countable)A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.
    “You look like such a frump today!”
    ““I don’t mind how many strange women you’ve loved so long as you don’t tell me about them.” “Women!” said Anthony, with a virtuous air. “Women indeed! You ask James here what kind of women I was going about with last time he saw me.” “Frumps,” said Jimmy solemnly. “Utter frumps. Not one a day under forty-five.””
    “Using the ideal of French female beauty as a stick with which to beat Britain's supposedly sexless frumps is a stereotype centuries old.”
    “If you flipped through certain magazines at this time you could be forgiven for thinking that there was no right way to be a woman, only wrong ones — bimbo or frump, slut or prude, shrew or doormat.”
  2. (colloquial, uncountable)Unattractive, dowdy clothes.
    “Get that frump off – it's horrid!”
  3. (countable, dated)A bad-tempered person.
  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A flout or snub.

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub.
    “Was ever gentlewoman So frump'd off with a fool!”
  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!" and asked if I'd be there later.”

name

  1. (derogatory)Nickname for Donald Trump (born 1946), American businessman and politician, President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025).
    “Had he done so---Frump might have kept a FEW latino voters / As it is---FRUMP Shot his own balls off (if he has any left)”
    “Yep, Frump refuses to say how he's going to make America great again.”
    “Sorry Fido but Frump is doing what’s best for Frump and his family, for the rest of the minions he has achieved nothing so far. North Korea! It’s the US that had to make the concessions result samo samo, Frump says he wants tariffs eliminated from the EU they offer no tariffs if Frump has no tariffs no word or action from big mouth, because he knows that would be devastating in the EU’s favor.”

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Etymology

Probably a contraction of late Middle English frumpylle (“wrinkle”), from Middle Dutch verrompelen, originally equivalent to for- + rump + -le.

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