frumpishness
Unfashionable, drab style
Frumpishness is the quality of being dowdy, dull, or unfashionable in appearance or manner.
The word suggests a neglect of style—someone with frumpishness dresses in shapeless, outdated clothes and seems indifferent to looking attractive: Her deliberate frumpishness was a rejection of office dress codes.
Not currently stylish
- unstylishLacking fashionable appeal
- shabbinessWorn, neglected condition
- matronlyLike a dowager
- unflatteringMaking someone look bad
outdated · plainness · inelegant · frowsy · stodgy · unpolished · unsophisticated · drab
Old-fashioned or courted
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- passeNo longer fashionable
- fuddy-duddyOld-fashioned, overly fussy person
stuffy · staid · conservative · prudish · old-maidish · Victorian · buttoned-up · quaint
Absence of color or interest
- blandnessAbsence of distinctive qualities
- colorlessnessLack of any hue
- monotonyTiresome lack of change
- drearinessState of dispiriting dullness
uninspired · lackluster · uninteresting · tedious · humdrum · blah · lifeless · unexciting
unfashionable
Not currently stylish
- unstylishLacking fashionable appeal
- shabbinessWorn, neglected condition
- matronlyLike a dowager
unflattering · outdated · plainness · inelegant · frowsy · stodgy · unpolished · unsophisticated · drab · mousy
dated
Old-fashioned or courted
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- passeNo longer fashionable
fuddy-duddy · stuffy · staid · conservative · prudish · old-maidish · Victorian · buttoned-up · quaint · behind-the-times
drabness
Absence of color or interest
- blandnessAbsence of distinctive qualities
- colorlessnessLack of any hue
- monotonyTiresome lack of change
dreariness · uninspired · lackluster · uninteresting · tedious · humdrum · blah · lifeless · unexciting · vapid
frumpishnesschicness
Fashionable elegance
stylishness · fashionableness · elegance · trendiness · glamour