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Recent Examples of lumpish
The contrast with Durant’s lumpish Johnny makes no sense.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Because both actors look like lumpish proletarian versions of Ingmar Bergman stars — Alma Pöysti, radiant yet benumbed, plays Ansa like a dish-towel Bibi Andersson, and Jussi Vatanen could be the schlump brother of Max von Sydow (with a dollop of Ryan Gosling).
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
Chuck Mumpson, an American boor as lumpish as his name.
—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
Their bodies range from eely, jawless lampreys to flattened flounders to huge, lumpish ocean sunfish.
—Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2018
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Because both actors look like lumpish proletarian versions of Ingmar Bergman stars — Alma Pöysti, radiant yet benumbed, plays Ansa like a dish-towel Bibi Andersson, and Jussi Vatanen could be the schlump brother of Max von Sydow (with a dollop of Ryan Gosling).
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
Chuck Mumpson, an American boor as lumpish as his name.
—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
Their bodies range from eely, jawless lampreys to flattened flounders to huge, lumpish ocean sunfish.
—Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lumpish
Adjective
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Kearney estimates that nearly half of those in the high-income bracket may be so over-extended that they are dangerously exposed to rising interest rates, stock market gyrations, and a wobbly jobs market.—
Greg Petro,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
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On Iran, neither Washington nor Beijing wants the prolonged instability in global energy markets that the war and the subsequent wobbly cease-fire have caused.—
Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Faisal and an English-speaking friend waited through the leaden afternoon, inquiring at the front desk every half-hour, monitoring a website that indicates when inmates are released.—
Dan Barry,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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On a rainy morning the vistas are wild and windswept, both sea and sky taking on leaden hues; on a sunny afternoon, the blue waves roll towards the land in hypnotic lines, merging into the sky.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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That’s very different from a burdensome reporting requirement about transparency that’s going to make a bunch of consultants very rich.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
20 May 2026
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Banks considered that checking the immigration status and citizenship of all current clients would be very burdensome and nearly impossible, Reuters reported last month.—
Nupur Anand,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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Walking paths and blooming gardens skirt the knobby cypress knees.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
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Hike Up Pilot Mountain Pilot Mountain is easily the most recognizable mountain in the state due to its unusual knobby peak.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2026
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His serious, sometimes ponderous style is most vividly on display in Son of Saul, which uses the nervy technique of keeping the camera very close on one prisoner as hell is unleashed in the periphery.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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Director Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi epic remains open to many different interpretations and may seem ponderous to modern audiences.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
22 Apr. 2026
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The knobbed Lochlan fireplace screen does not disappoint.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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With almost no plan, Sonny makes a shambling attempt at an armed robbery, only to end up trapped in the bank with the manager and five female tellers as his hostages.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2026
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One rarely gains a sense of what people look like (beyond the son’s bulky physique and shambling movements, in which the mother ‘caught a flash of her brother’).—
Dan Sheehan,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Historically, extremely cold temperatures, near absolute zero, were used to put them in a quiet state, which required bulky and expensive systems.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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Since shoes can take up lots of space, consider wearing the larger bulkier pair on the plane to travel.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Lumpish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumpish. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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