DUMPIER Synonyms: 141 Similar and Opposite Words

dumpy

adjective

ˈdəm-pē

Definition of dumpy next

as in stout

being compact and broad in build and often short in stature dumpy little toddlers growing into lanky children

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as in dilapidated

showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect we could only find rooms at a dumpy motel on the outskirts of the city

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Recent Examples of dumpy Newsrooms are closing even faster, as downsized staffs take refuge at smaller, dumpier dumps. —

Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2025 The dumpy old Abe Stark Sports Center, the ice rink on the boardwalk between 19th and 20th Streets, is getting a major renovation as well. —

Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 24 Sep. 2025 Torry’s candidly dumpy, dingy, dated, wood panel lined courtroom allowed for the placement of contemporary art and the banging of nails into walls which would have been forbidden in one of the ornate ground floor courtrooms. —

Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025 The Slip concerns sixteen-year-old Nathaniel Rothstein, a dumpy sad sack who, after getting into a fight at school, is sent to live with his uncle in Austin for the summer of 1998. —

Lucas Schaefer june 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for dumpy

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But still, 495 pound-feet of torque, that’s stout.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 17 June 2026
Use a stout wooden stake and place it in the soil near the center of the pot after filling it with soil.

— Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2026