lumpish

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Recent Examples of lumpish The contrast with Durant’s lumpish Johnny makes no sense. 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
  • Some aren’t convinced that attempting to climb the ranks on set will pay off at a time when competition is so cutthroat and the future of the business is so wobbly.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The finances also are wobbly here as all the money left behind by the Dowager Countess has been squandered.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Brooding, glowering and sometimes even speak-singing his way through proceedings, Dafoe is rarely less than compelling; the same cannot be said, however, for the leaden film around him.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Many of these films, the recent Snow White most nefarious amongst them, are leaden with uncanny valley CGI, bizarre green screen devotion and a surprising lack of artistic intent.
    Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • Empowering Educators With Behavioral Insights A common concern among educators is that new data systems might be burdensome or even second-guess their professional judgment.
    Haozhen Yang, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But over time, what once felt empowering began to feel burdensome.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Emphasizing ruggedness and offering an open invitation to tackle dirt roads, the Bronco’s squared fenders, short overhangs, upright glass and knobby tires look more at home on mountain trails than valet lanes.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The Samaná Peninsula sticks out from the Dominican Republic like a knobby finger pointing toward Puerto Rico.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The sculpture, unveiled by the artist Eric Fischl in 2000 and titled Soul in Flight, is worth pausing to look at, for its instructive power and its indictment of the ponderous slabs of metallurgical debris that litter other stadiums and arenas.
    Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Much of the show is given to ponderous historical segues.
    Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • One where the entire community would gather to stare blankly at price tags, sit on bulky massage chairs, and sample glossy pieces of teriyaki chicken in a grand dining hall.
    Annabelle Canela, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The boxy fit will easily layer without feeling too bulky, and the front is fitted with functional pockets for my phone, headphones, and even some extra snacks.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The film becomes thicker than honey at such temperatures, hardly recognizable as water, and far too viscous for skiing.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Unfortunately, if these medications are dissolved in a single-injection amount of carrier liquid at such high concentrations, the protein molecules clump together, resulting in a mixture that is too viscous to be safely injected.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The Environmental Protection Agency oversaw a massive cleanup effort, for one.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In March, a massive, violent earthquake shook Myanmar.
    Lauren Liebhaber September 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Lumpish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumpish. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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