Usually means: Dowdy, old-fashioned in appearance, style.
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  1. frumpy: Merriam-Webster
  2. frumpy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. frumpy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. frumpy: Vocabulary.com
  5. Frumpy, frumpy: Wordnik
  6. frumpy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. frumpy: Wiktionary
  8. frumpy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. frumpy: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. frumpy: Dictionary.com
  11. frumpy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Frumpy (term), Frumpy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. frumpy: Rhymezone
  14. frumpy: FreeDictionary.org
  15. frumpy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. frumpy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. frumpy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. frumpy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See frumpier as well.)

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adjective:  Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.
adjective:  (dated) Bad-tempered.

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