lumpy
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2.2
- adjective
- /ˈlʌm.pi/
:
grumoso
- She avoided wearing a dress that looked lumpy after being washed too many times.
- hard or lumpy
- lumpy stools
The cheese is creamy, lumpy and sold in pots.
- The cheese is creamy, lumpy and sold in pots.
- Why is this collapsing star giving off this like glowing lumpy asteroid?
- I went outside and I started to skate and I said, Daddy, this ice is lumpy and screaming.
- Not just lumpy hard stools, but no strain.
- And but it got to the point where because they were so lumpy and my mom felt them and they were like hard lumps in my earlobes.
- That loop includes the cortex, which is kind of the outer shell of the the human brain, the lumpy stuff as it sometimes appears if the skull is removed.
- You got a Lumpy's lumpy peanut butter.
Examples
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Mascara should be plain and not lumpy, and put on with care.
Academic text (1993) -
She'd probably bundle her hair into the same lumpy old-maid bun she always wore.
Fiction book (1991) -
Is it supposed to be lumpy?
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- This bed is lumpy.
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We were both sitting on the edge of the lumpy bed of her dormitory room on the third floor.
Fiction book (1993) -
The final surface of our frame was lumpy because of the imperfect fit of the core pieces.
Academic text (1993) -
The cheese is creamy, lumpy and sold in pots.
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Her backpack was shoved under her head like a lumpy pillow, her coat spread over her.
Fiction book (1995) -
The child jumps, startled to see the man's lumpy shoes and his long dark legs.
Fiction book (1991) -
The mashed potatoes were delicious but a bit lumpy from not being mixed properly.
Synonyms
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1.0
A surface or movement that is not smooth and has small raised parts
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2.3
Not smooth or level, with parts higher and lower
25
3.7
Rough in feel or look because of many tiny pieces
17
3.5
Thick and full of small pieces, like peanut butter
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4.1
Having a surface you can feel that is not smooth
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5.1
A material made of many small grains like sand
3
4.7
Full of small lumps that stick together
2
5.8
Something that has small rounded bumps like a potato
Having small rounded lumps on the surface that you can feel
A surface with small raised bumps like a rough sweater
A surface that feels bumpy or not smooth to the touch
Having a rough surface that feels slightly scratchy
A rough texture made of large visible grains
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A long-lasting infection that makes hard lumps and swelling on the jaw in animals or people
How Lumpy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word lumpy comes from the simple word lump, which means 'a small piece or mass', plus the ending -y that means 'full of'. So lumpy is an easy way to say something is 'full of lumps' and not smooth.