English Explanatory Dictionary

lumpish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Having an ill-defined or rough form or shape like a lump; lumplike.
Awkward and ungainly in appearance or movement; clumsy, inelegant.
Dull and slow in acting, thinking, etc.; without energy; cloddish, lethargic, slow-witted, sluggish.
Of sound: dull, heavy.
Full of lumps; lumpy.
Of a thing: having a shape and/or weight which makes it inconvenient to move; cumbersome, unwieldy.
Miserable, sad.

Pronunciation

/ˈlʌmpɪʃ/ En-us-lumpish.oga

Word forms

lumpish more lumpish most lumpish lompish

Etymology

Partly: * from Late Middle English lumprissh, 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 glide; to go; to hang limply”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang limply”)) + -ish (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of the nature of; similar to; somewhat’); and * from lump (noun, verb) + -ish. Compare English lumber.

Synonyms

lumpen loggish addlebrained addlepated airheaded bee-brained beef-witted beefheaded beetle-headed birdbrained blockheaded Boeotian boneheaded boofheaded braindead brainless bubbleheaded buffle-headed bullet-headed cerebrally challenged childish chowderheaded chuckleheaded crackbrained cretinous daft dense dented dim-bulb dim-headed dim-witted dim doltish dopey dozy drowsy dull-headed dull-minded dull-witted dull dumber than a box of rocks dumb dunderheaded empty-headed fatheaded feeble-minded flea-brained foolish fuzzy-headed fuzzy-minded goofy half-brained half-witted hammer-headed idiotic ignorant imbecilic inane insipid intellectually challenged

Antonyms

astute brainy bright brilliant clever educated genius gifted ingenious intellectual intelligent keen knowledgeable piquant quick quick on the uptake quick-witted rational sagacious savvy scholared sharp smart talented whip-smart wise berserk blissed out blithe buoyant blithesome bonnie cheerful cheerly cheery chuffed cock-a-hoop content contented convivial delighted ebullient ecstatic elated enthusiastic euphoric excited exhilarated exuberant exultant fat and happy gassed gay gayful giddy glad gladsome gleeful gleesome happy

Related words

lump lumpen

Derived words

lumpishly lumpishness

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