[ noun ] a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman <noun.person> she got a reputation as a frumpshe's a real dog
Frump \Frump\, v. t. [Cf. Prov. E. frumple to wrinkle, ruffle, D. frommelen.] To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
Frump \Frump\, n. 1. A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct; a gibe or flout. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
2. A cross, old-fashioned person; esp., an old woman; a gossip. [Colloq.] --Halliwell.
If she bought the clothes she wears, they'd call her extravagant. If she bought a few dresses and wore them often, they'd declare her a frump.
Diana Roth is single-minded about her politics, but she's no frump.
Screenwriter Ron Bass has come up with a promising notion, and Mr. Rafelson couldn't have picked a stronger screen presence than Debra Winger to play a smart frump, an investigator for the Justice Department named Alex.