lumpish

lumpish
adj
1. lumpy, knobby, cloddy, clodlike; heavy, ponderous, elephantine, lumbering; clumsy, Sl. klutzy, lubberly, loutish, oafish; bungling, awkward, ungainly, maladroit, gawky; unpolished, rough, boorish, churlish, peasantlike, rustic; coarse, crude, rude, vulgar, gross.
2. dull, dull-witted, slow, slow-witted, backward, ignorant, unintelligent; doltish, cloddish, stolid, obtuse, crass, Boeotian, bovine, blockish; dense, thick-headed, Inf. thick, stupid, Inf. dumb, Inf. dopey, sluggish; laggard, torpid, lethargic, slow-moving, inactive, inert, passive; hebitudinous, listless, apathetic, phlegmatic, indifferent

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  • Lumpish — Lump ish, a. Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless. Lumpish, heavy, melancholy. Shak. {Lump ish*ly}, adv. {Lump ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lumpish — index lifeless (dull), obtuse, opaque, ponderous, stagnant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • lumpish — ► ADJECTIVE 1) roughly or clumsily formed. 2) stupid and lethargic. DERIVATIVES lumpishly adverb lumpishness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • lumpish — [lum′pish] adj. 1. like a lump 2. heavy, clumsy, dull, stupid, etc. lumpishly adv. lumpishness n …   English World dictionary

  • lumpish — adjective a) Like a lump, cloddish, dull, slow witted. Continental soldiers looked lumpish beside our lean bred fellows: but against my supple Nejdis the British in their turn looked lumpish. T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Chapter XCIX.… …   Wiktionary

  • lumpish — /ˈlʌmpɪʃ/ (say lumpish) adjective 1. like a lump. 2. clumsy or stupid: she called him a lumpish boor. –lumpishly, adverb –lumpishness, noun …  

  • lumpish — adjective Date: 1528 1. dull, sluggish 2. obsolete low in spirits 3. heavy, awkward 4. lumpy 1a 5. tediously slow or dull ; boring; also lumpy 3 • lumpishly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lumpish — lumpishly, adv. lumpishness, n. /lum pish/, adj. 1. resembling a lump. 2. having a heavy appearance; moving clumsily. 3. having a sluggish mind; unresponsive; dull; stupid. [1400 50; late ME lumpisch. See LUMP1, ISH1] * * * …   Universalium

  • lumpish — Synonyms and related words: Boeotian, all thumbs, apathetic, asinine, awkward, beef brained, beef witted, benumbed, blase, blockish, blunderheaded, blundering, boorish, bored, bovine, bulky, bumbling, bungling, burdensome, butterfingered, caked,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • lumpish — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. heavy, clumsy, bungling; see awkward 1 , stupid 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Lacking dexterity and grace in physical movement: awkward, clumsy, gawky, graceless, inept, maladroit, ungainly, ungraceful.… …   English dictionary for students

  • lumpish — lump|ish [ˈlʌmpıʃ] adj heavy and awkward …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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