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Recent Examples of frumpy
Her evolving wardrobe has proven that pregnancy style, while focused on function, need not be frumpy.
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024
As the name suggests, the jeans have a slightly oversized design that’s baggy without looking frumpy.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
The sweater has an oversized design that’s comfortable and cozy without looking frumpy.
—Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2024
This midi sweater dress has a slightly oversized design that feels cozy without looking frumpy.
—Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024
As the name suggests, the jeans have a slightly oversized design that’s baggy without looking frumpy.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
The sweater has an oversized design that’s comfortable and cozy without looking frumpy.
—Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2024
This midi sweater dress has a slightly oversized design that feels cozy without looking frumpy.
—Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frumpy
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There is no denying that Donald Trump has engaged in behavior that is unacceptable and unbecoming of any leader — let alone a president of the United States.Maggie Astor, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
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To have lived through an encompassing albeit unbecoming love and have survived it with all the parts of herself intact feels like a triumph.Vulture, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2022
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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.Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2024
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Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Palmer’s has gone viral on TikTok as an unaesthetic—yet nourishing and effective—skincare brand.Chaunie Brusie, RN, Parents, 5 Apr. 2024
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But the defense allowed Kentucky to shoot a repulsive 58 percent from the floor and 48 percent from 3-point range, while only snaring five takeaways.Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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The scent, which at first was sort of fine, very quickly became genuinely repulsive.Daisy Jones, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
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His name has been cursed on the streets of Sacramento, read off a loathsome strip of paper tucked under the windshield wiper: Grant Nakamura.Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 4 Jan. 2025
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Indy’s reverence for art was hardly shared by the Nazis, who in the game are most notably represented by a loathsome archaeologist nemesis called Emmerich Voss.Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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This woman is just an awful, disgusting person in general.Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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Regardless of who wins, social media will be abuzz with the postgame mayo shower, which is either good comedy or downright disgusting, depending on your tolerance for condiments getting poured on people.Dan Santaromita, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Frumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frumpy. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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