lumpish
2 synonyms and 5 antonyms for lumpish, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Shaped roughly like a lump, with no clear or neat form.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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Synonyms by Meaning
2. adj
Slow and dull in thought or action, and lacking energy.
“He felt horribly ashamed. He would have liked to throw himself on his knees beside her, put his arms round her, and ask her pardon. But he could do nothing of the kind; the scene had left him lumpish and awkward.”
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Etymology
This word has two partial sources. One is Late Middle English lumprissh or lumpryssh (“of a somewhat lumpy consistency”), from lumpe (“mass of material; excrescence, swelling; mass of people, crowd; useless person”) or lumpred (“piled up or twisted into lumps”) — both possibly related to Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to gl...
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