frumpy — 영어 사전

형용사

1. Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.

   예문

   She came to the door in a frumpy housedress and bedroom slippers.

   더 많은 예문 (1)

   Although still young at heart and head, he looks more and more like his old friend Archimedes, increasingly bearded and increasingly grey, with an otherworldly mien – a look that should earn him a spot in the online quiz featuring portraits of frumpy old men under the rubric “Prof or Hobo?”

2. Bad-tempered.

   용법

   • 구식 표현

형용사

1. primly out of date

   동의어

   dowdyfrumpish

   예문

   nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game