LUMPISH Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

lumpish

adjective

Definition of lumpish

as in wobbly

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Dissimilar Words

as in leaden

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as in knobbly

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smooth

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lumpish

Adjective

There’s a wobbly job market and stubborn inflation, which make paychecks uncertain and diminish buying power.

— Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 13 July 2026
Fewer and fewer companies offer pensions, however, making that stool increasingly wobbly.

— Trina Paul,Dan Avery, CNBC, 10 July 2026

Definition of wobbly

Adjective

Character movements can feel heavy, almost leaden, and backgrounds are often stripped down to their simplest forms, leaving them flat and artificial.

— Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 26 June 2026
Bulgur is one of those wheat variants that in this country seems tethered to an unfair reputation as a leaden relic of 1970s health-food fads.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026

Definition of leaden

Adjective

Videos from Xinhua show the knobby-kneed newborn resting on straw, being stroked and examined by scientists in white coats.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Apptronik’s Apollo humanoid—porcelain white, with knobby limbs and thick, sturdy legs—has been used in production at European automotive factories owned by Mercedes-Benz.

— Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Definition of knobby

Adjective

Work and personal responsibilities may feel burdensome, while a partner or colleague expects flexibility from you.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
When staff are required to switch between multiple systems or manually reconcile data, AI tools can feel more burdensome than beneficial.

— Sidd Shah, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of burdensome

Adjective

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
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

Definition of shambling

Adjective

In one of the side plots to The Lord of the Rings, two of the Hobbits attempt to rouse Treebeard—a wise but ponderous sentient tree—to defend his forest from an army that is cutting it down.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
The bass kept boring doggedly toward shore, lunging and vaulting into the air in ponderous leaps.

— Ted Janes, Outdoor Life, 21 May 2026

Definition of ponderous

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