bumpier; bumpiest
1
: having or covered with bumps
2
a
: marked by bumps or jolts
b
: marked by or full of difficulties
Examples of bumpy in a Sentence
The road is very bumpy.
the bumpy skin of a cucumber
The flight was very bumpy.
The road was rough so we had a bumpy ride.
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Tickets must be purchased online in advance, and a slow, bumpy road leads to the parking lot.
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Paul Bersebach, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
The road doesn’t have to be bumpy.
—Sonali Bloom, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Tighten those seatbelts because its about to be a bumpy flight.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
The bumpy snailfish Careproctus colliculi, or the bumpy snailfish, was discovered in Monterey Canyon in March 2019, about 63 miles off the coast, at a depth of just over 2 miles, according to the study.
—Lauren Liebhaber
september 8, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
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Paul Bersebach, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
The road doesn’t have to be bumpy.
—Sonali Bloom, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Tighten those seatbelts because its about to be a bumpy flight.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
The bumpy snailfish Careproctus colliculi, or the bumpy snailfish, was discovered in Monterey Canyon in March 2019, about 63 miles off the coast, at a depth of just over 2 miles, according to the study.
—Lauren Liebhaber
september 8, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bumpy
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“Bumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bumpy. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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