warty
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5.5
- adjective
- /ˈwɔrti/
:
verrugoso
- The toad's warty skin helps it blend in with the muddy ground.
- warty nose
- warty toads
- warty skin
Examples
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Fat, old, bald, warty men with all their clothes on.
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Forgive me, my warty English cousin, but this bizarre obsession with the rats, it is not good for you.
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Mad Dingo Dog had a warty, prolonged face, tufted with gray whiskers.
Fiction book (1999) -
A nose as warty and bulbous as a gourd overhung wide, drooping lips that all but obscured the minimal excuse for a chin.
Fiction book (2000) -
An hour before, Sister Immaculata shuffled her way down the halls in her black, sensible shoes to poke her disapproving, warty nose in each of the rooms to make sure all music was off and clothes were neatly hung in closets.
Fiction book (1990) -
He avoided touching the warty bumps on the old tree's trunk.
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The gardener pointed out the warty gourds that were ready for harvest.
Synonyms
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7.4
Having small hard bumps on the skin or surface
Covered with many small raised bumps like warts
Having small hard raised bumps like those on a toad
Having a rough, bumpy surface like a wart
Antonyms
How Warty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word warty comes from wart, which means a small, rough bump on the skin, and the ending -y, which means 'full of'. That's why something warty is 'full of' bumps, for example skin or any bumpy surface.