bumpiness

Examples

• All

• These are the spaces of a kid's universe: the constricting flatness of "nowhere to go," the roiled bumpiness of "out," the heights of "somewhere," and the yawning chasms of "in."

  Academic text (2006)

• The bumpiness at all scales prevents that.

  Fiction book (1999)

• We can't do anything to reduce the length of the flight, eliminate the bumpiness, or render our seats any more comfortable.

  Blog text (8)

• You can take the with-heels ratios and bumpiness and use them on an image of a woman standing flat-footed, but I bet that'd look even more alien.

  Blog text (8)

• The excerpt hints at concepts dear to fractal aesthetics: surfaces, touch, bumpiness, scale, broken, irregular, and failing.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The collagen injections in the lines from her nose to her mouth had created an odd bumpiness there; the eye job she'd had ten years ago was null and void, and the once Xeroxed jewelry now looked overdone and silly.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The bumpiness of the old road made the drive quite uncomfortable.

• He struggled to ride his bicycle due to the bumpiness of the trail.

Synonyms

T

texture

vsbumpiness

114 3.4

The way a surface feels and looks, for example smooth or rough

is limited to the single idea of many raised areas rather than general feel

R

roughness

vsbumpiness

4 3.4

The way a surface feels when it is not smooth

is the specific case of many small raised areas rather than general irregularity

B

bumpity

vsbumpiness

• Informal

2 9.1

A rough, uneven surface that makes travel feel jumpy

is the standard term rather than the informal playful form

L

lumpiness

vsbumpiness

2 4.4

The feel of many small bumps on a surface

focuses on many small raised parts rather than large separate masses

C

choppiness

vsbumpiness

1 6.0

Rough, uneven sea surface that makes waves unpredictable

applies to any solid surface with many raised areas, not only seas

K

knobbiness

vsbumpiness

7.5

Small rounded lumps on a surface that you can feel

refers more generally to many raised parts across a surface

P

pebbling

vsbumpiness

6.0

A surface with small rounded bumps that give extra grip

is broader, applying to any uneven surface not only stonelike patterns

N

nubbiness

vsbumpiness

9.6

A rough feeling on fabric caused by small bumps

is the same surface quality but not limited to fabrics

C

coarseness

vsbumpiness

4.1

A rough texture that is not smooth

emphasizes many small raised parts rather than overall graininess

Antonyms

S

smoothness

5 1.9

An even surface without rough parts

F

flatness

3 2.9

A level area with hardly any hills

How Bumpy

roughness

4 3.4

bumpiness

1 4.6

unevenness

1 5.1

smoothness

5 1.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology