frumps
Unfashionable, dull people
Frumps is the plural of frump—a person, usually a woman, considered dowdy or unfashionable in dress and manner.
The word carries mild contempt for someone who seems to have given up on style: a room full of frumps in sensible shoes.
The related adjective is frumpy.
Not currently stylish
- unstylishLacking fashionable appeal
- drabDull and cheerless
- frazzledMentally and physically depleted
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
slovenly · disheveled · mousy · homely · dreary · dull · plain-looking · sloppy
No longer in use
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- quaintAttractively unfamiliar, outdated
- stuffyLacking fresh air
stodgy · conservative · prim · fuddy-duddy · square · behind-the-times · unhip · uncool
unfashionable
Not currently stylish
unkempt · slovenly · disheveled · mousy · homely · dreary · dull · plain-looking · sloppy · shabby
outdated
No longer in use
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- quaintAttractively unfamiliar, outdated
stuffy · stodgy · conservative · prim · fuddy-duddy · square · behind-the-times · unhip · uncool · old-school
grumpy
Irritable in temperament
glum · morose · cranky · peevish · cross · ill-tempered · pouty · huffy · sour · grouchy
frumpsfashionistas
Devoted followers of trends
trendsetters · style icons · clotheshorses · fashion plates · dandies
frumpspreeners
Those obsessively self-grooming
peacocks · narcissists · poseurs · show-offs · attention-seekers
frumpssophisticates
Worldly, cultured individuals
socialites · beauties · belles · knockouts · stunners