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What is the adjective for frumpy?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs frump and frumple which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

frumpy
  1. Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.
  2. (dated) Ill- or bad-tempered.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. unkempt, slovenly, sloppy, untidy, scruffy, daggy, frowzy, dowdy, bedraggled, shabby, slobbish, drab, sloven, frowsy, stodgy, homely, plain, frumpish, grungy, ragged, raggedy, ungroomed, blowsy, slatternly, messy, dingy, disheveled, dishevelled, slobby, seedy, dirty, blowzy, sleazy, scrubby, tacky, faded, down at heel, badly dressed, ill-dressed, run-down, draggletailed, rumpled, frayed, frazzled, unwashed, disorganized, disorganised, grubby, grody, raunchy … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Danny DeVito has carved a niche for himself in Hollywood by playing either frumpy sad sacks or unscrupulous scoundrels.”
      “She admits she was frumpy, in twinset and pearls, when she first met John.”
      “Television pundits lambasted her image as a frumpy housewife who delivered dull speeches while clad in dowdy grey or brown suits.”
frumpish
  1. Poorly dressed; wearing drab, lifeless, ill-fitting clothing. More typically used to describe women than men.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. unkempt, slovenly, sloppy, untidy, scruffy, daggy, frowzy, dowdy, bedraggled, shabby, slobbish, drab, sloven, frowsy, stodgy, homely, plain, frumpy, grungy, ragged, raggedy, ungroomed, slobby, disheveled, dishevelled, tousled, messy, blowsy, scrubby, slatternly, baggy, ratty, grubby, mangy, slipshod, unfashionable, raddled, down at heel, coarse-looking, dirty, sleazy, warby, blowzy, tired, raggedy-ass, dingy, mumsy, dreary, faded, sad … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Danny DeVito has carved a niche for himself in Hollywood by playing either frumpish sad sacks or unscrupulous scoundrels.”
      “She admits she was frumpish, in twinset and pearls, when she first met John.”
      “The bears came next, horrid cunning white things, and turning in their toes like that does give them such a frumpish look.”
frumpier
  1. comparative form of frumpy: more frumpy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slovenlier, sloppier, untidier, scruffier, daggier, frowzier, dowdier, shabbier, drabber, frowsier, stodgier, homelier, plainer, grungier, raggedier, more unkempt, more bedraggled, more slobbish, more frumpish, more ragged, blowsier, more slatternly, messier, dingier, more disheveled, more dishevelled, slobbier, seedier, dirtier, blowzier, sleazier, scrubbier, tackier, more faded, more draggletailed, more rumpled, more frayed, more frazzled, more disorganized, more disorganised, grubbier, raunchier, grodier, schlumpier, baggier, mumsier, drearier, more ill-groomed, sadder, more wrinkled … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Check out the swish new John Muir House at Evergreen Lodge, which blows away the frumpier rentals at Yosemite West.”
frumpiest
  1. superlative form of frumpy: most frumpy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slovenliest, sloppiest, untidiest, scruffiest, daggiest, frowziest, dowdiest, shabbiest, drabbest, frowsiest, stodgiest, homeliest, plainest, grungiest, raggediest, most unkempt, most bedraggled, most slobbish, most frumpish, most ragged, blowsiest, most slatternly, messiest, dingiest, most disheveled, most dishevelled, slobbiest, seediest, dirtiest, blowziest, sleaziest, scrubbiest, tackiest, most faded, most draggletailed, most rumpled, most frayed, most frazzled, most disorganized, most disorganised, grubbiest, schlumpiest, raunchiest, grodiest, baggiest, mumsiest, dreariest, most ill-groomed, saddest, unseemliest … more
frumped
  1. simple past tense and past participle of frump
frumping
  1. present participle of frump
frumpled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of frumple
frumpling
  1. present participle of frumple
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