nubbly

Examples

• All

• The mother buried her face in nubbly bunting; the baby shrieked with joy.

  Fiction book (1990)

• This close, faces look like something else entirely, the nubbly surface of the planets Lena has seen on science shows.

  Fiction book (1998)

• You can't have a nubbly knit cardigan.

• You can't have a nubbly knit cardigan.

• This is the color high wire and I picked it to replicate the color seaside, and I'm going to grab that on my little nubbly finger.

• The fabric of the blanket is nubbly, giving it a unique texture.

• The nubbly texture of the old stone wall made it feel rustic and charming.

Synonyms

L

lumpy

vsnubbly

39 2.2

Not smooth because it has small pieces in it

is focused on surface roughness with tiny knots rather than internal lumps

K

knobby

vsnubbly

2 5.8

Something that has small rounded bumps like a potato

is similar but often implies larger more pronounced bumps than small knots

N

nubby

vsnubbly

1 7.5

A cloth with small raised bumps that feels rough

is similar but focuses on small raised tufts rather than smoothness

P

pebbly

vsnubbly

1 3.2

Covered with many small round stones

is about textile surface bumps rather than actual stones or gravel

P

pebbled

vsnubbly

1 4.6

A surface covered in many small round bumps like tiny stones

is used for textile roughness made by small fabric lumps rather than stones

N

nubbled

vsnubbly

9.1

A surface with small raised bumps like a rough sweater

is used mainly for textile surfaces rather than other material types

S

slubbed

vsnubbly

• Specialized

9.0

Fabric with a rough, uneven surface made by thick, irregular threads

is similar but describes roughness without specifying yarn irregularities

N

nobby

vsnubbly

• UK

8.4

Having small rounded lumps on the surface that you can feel

is similar but tends to be used for coarser or more regular knobs

How Textured

rough

164 1.0

bumpy

68 1.0

nubbly

1 8.0

smooth

256 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology