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warty

warty

1 5.5
Having small rough bumps on the skin or a surface
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɔrti/
translation icon : verrugoso
  • The toad's warty skin helps it blend in with the muddy ground.
  • warty nose
  • warty toads
  • warty skin

Examples

  • Fat, old, bald, warty men with all their clothes on.

  • Forgive me, my warty English cousin, but this bizarre obsession with the rats, it is not good for you.

  • 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.

  • The gardener pointed out the warty gourds that were ready for harvest.

Synonyms

warted
vswarty
1 7.4

Having small hard bumps on the skin or surface

often denotes real bumps rather than mere roughness or appearance
verrucose
vswarty
  • Specialized
9.9

Covered with many small raised bumps like warts

is the ordinary everyday term rather than a specialized one
wartlike
vswarty
6.2

Having small hard raised bumps like those on a toad

is used to mean actual coverage rather than just resemblance
verrucous
vswarty
  • Specialized
9.9

Having a rough, bumpy surface like a wart

focuses on being actually covered rather than only appearing rough

Antonyms

866 1.0

Free from things that block sight or movement

256 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

How Warty

warty
1 5.5
bumpy
68 1.0
smooth
256 1.0

Surface Forms

warty positive
wartier comparative
wartiest superlative

Morphology

warty = wart (transparent) = wart + y

The adjective 'warty' is transparently formed from the noun 'wart' with the suffix '-y', indicating the presence of warts.

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.