knobby
2
5.8
- adjective
- /ˈnɑbi/
:
nudos
- Her knees, which were extremely knobby and covered in blue stockings, slowed to a halt in front of him.
- knobby knees
- knobby knuckles
- knobby fingers
They're in a more knobbly stick like shape.
- They're in a more knobbly stick like shape.
Examples
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"Peggy Jo shuffled out, her knobby toes bursting the sides of her house slippers.
Fiction book (1999) -
The skin on his face is knobby like tree bark, pocked and stubbly with wiry black hair.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's on the bone, this knobby bone under your knee.
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His knobby hands were large and covered with wiry dark hair.
Fiction book (1992) -
The scales melted away, replaced by a rough, knobby hide.
Fiction book (1997) -
Her hands are knobby with arthritis, and she has not repaired the chipped pink polish.
Fiction book (1995) -
By the time I knew him, he was an old man with knobby red knuckles, twisted by arthritis, and long, hard fingernails.
Fiction book (1993) -
Sinklar sighed and tugged absently on his knobby nose.
Fiction book (1992) -
Homer's knuckles were knobby; they rested gently against Zeke's neck.
Fiction book (2001) -
His hands were thin and knobby, and she noticed them trembling once he removed them from his pockets.
Synonyms
68
1.0
A surface or movement that is not smooth and has small raised parts
39
2.2
Not smooth because it has small pieces in it
9
8.4
A rough, twisted surface with hard knots or bumps
1
7.5
A cloth with small raised bumps that feels rough
1
8.0
A cloth that has small raised bumps on its surface
1
4.6
A surface covered in many small round bumps like tiny stones
Having small rounded lumps on the surface that you can feel
Having many small round lumps on the surface
A surface with small raised bumps like a rough sweater
A surface with small raised lines or bumps to help you hold it
Antonyms
How Bumpy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Knobby comes from the familiar word knob, which means a 'rounded lump' like a door knob, and the ending -y means 'full of' or 'having'. So knobby means having small lumps or bumps, which is why we call knees, branches, or potatoes 'knobby'.