frump
/fɹʌmp/
frump noun: a frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.
Noun
frump (countable and uncountable, plural frumps)
- 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...1925, Agatha Christie, The Secret of Chimneys
- Unattractive, dowdy clothes.
- Get that frump off – it's horrid!
- A bad-tempered person.
- A flout or snub.
Verb
frump (third-person singular simple present frumps, present participle frumping, simple past and past participle frumped)
- To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub.
- Was ever gentlewoman So frump'd off with a fool!1617, John Fletcher, “The Chances”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase...
- To assume a countenance or demeanor indicating irritation, ill-humor, or disapproval.
- 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.1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
Proper noun capitalized: Frump
Frump
- Nickname for Q22686 (born 1946), 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)2015 August 28, Snout@smack.com, “Ramos a typical fuck-you-anglo-mierda pendejo”, in alt.california (Usenet), archived from the original on 26 Oct 2025
- Yep, Frump refuses to say how he's going to make America great again.2015 September 19, hypatiab7, “straight talk from Donald Trump?”, in alt.atheism (Usenet), archived from the original on 26 Oct 2025
- Synonyms:
- DJT, The Donald, Trump, Cheeto, Dementia Don, Diaper Don, Dirty Donald, Donald Duck, Donald Trumpet, Don Snoreleone
Examples of frump in a sentence
- You ask James here what kind of women I was going about with last time he saw me.” “Frumps,” said Jimmy solemnly.1925, Agatha Christie, The Secret of Chimneys:
- Using the ideal of French female beauty as a stick with which to beat Britain's supposedly sexless frumps is a stereotype centuries old.2009 March 28, Angelique Chrisafis, “The mystery of the bikini-clad minister”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- 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.2022 March 31, Alexis Soloski, “Why the Sudden Urge to Reconsider Famous Women?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Synonyms of frump
- DJT
- The Donald
- Trump
- Cheeto
- Dementia Don
- Diaper Don
- Dirty Donald
- Donald Duck
- Donald Trumpet
- Don Snoreleone
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Forms of frump
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | frumps |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | frumps |
| present participle | frumping |
| past participle | frumped |
| past | frumped |
Origin of frump
Probably a contraction of late Middle English frumpylle (“wrinkle”), from Middle Dutch verrompelen, originally equivalent to for- + rump + -le.
From frump, as a pun on Trump.
Words formed from frump
Words that rhyme with frump
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Questions about frump
- What does frump mean?
- Frump means a frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.
- How do you use frump in a sentence?
- You ask James here what kind of women I was going about with last time he saw me.” “Frumps,” said Jimmy solemnly.
- What part of speech is frump?
- Frump can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce frump?
- Frump is pronounced /fɹʌmp/.
- What is the plural of frump?
- The plural of frump is frumps.
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