lumpish
Example Sentences
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The contrast with Durant’s lumpish Johnny makes no sense.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024
Justine, in middle age, is a compulsive runner who wishes she’d traveled more when young and hadn’t settled for Steve, her lumpish husband.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2021
As for Seb, he does talk—and how and when he talks is yet another mark of Chazelle’s lumpish taste.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 8, 2016
This is just what writing is: gathering your lumpish thoughts, putting them in the proper order, and honing them until they take definite shape.
From Slate • Jun. 12, 2014
The hush puppies were lumpish, with a sweet, greasy smell.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.