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Recent Examples of lumpish
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).
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
Their bodies range from eely, jawless lampreys to flattened flounders to huge, lumpish ocean sunfish.
—Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2018
Chuck Mumpson, an American boor as lumpish as his name.
—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lumpish
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For a movie whose chief anthem is an advertisement for the joys of defying gravity, Wicked is surprisingly leaden, with a promise of more of the same to come.—
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Sources of support Back at the Denny’s parking lot, the sky had turned leaden gray, and Mckenzie bummed a cigarette from her best friend, Christina Bojorquez.—
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Many industries began to complain about burdensome regulations that were not only costly but also difficult to navigate.—
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Reworking burdensome zoning codes that slow down developments.—
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With their colossal bodies and ponderous feet, elephants have never struck me as masters of hide-and-seek.—
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Yunan The Bottom Line Not without ponderous moments, but poetic and affecting.—
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Baleine Clothing Storage Bag 2-Pack If a closet cleanout is on your to-do list this spring, grab these popular storage bags to securely stow winter sweaters and bulky coats until next year.—
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Under current permit rules, sheds, typically erected for building facade repairs, can be up for a full year with the possibility of extensions, a timeline that often results in the bulky structures blocking sidewalks for lengthy periods.—
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The viscous substance coats the attacker, immobilizing or fatally compromising them by clogging joints, mouthparts and spiracles.—
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The microbes go on to form a viscous coating known as a biofilm, which is resistant to antibiotics.—
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The massive crowd walked a little over a mile from downtown to the west side of Union Station, culminating in a huge gathering on the lawn of the National World War I Museum and Memorial.—
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Instead, the massive curved claws — close to 1 foot (30 centimeters) in size — belonged to a creature unearthed in what’s now Mongolia.—
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Mike Conroy, executive director at The Economic Co., said that has become common throughout the Bay Area in which rising costs and a more unsteady business environment have prompted development projects to switch gears.—
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Set during a tumultuous summer in Lima in 1992, Reinas chronicles the unsteady reunion between a father and his two daughters.—
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While the attempts to create massy cinema land fine for most parts, Dhawan does not quite emerge as the larger-than-life south-Indian hero set to rule the audience merely with his presence.—
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All objects that have mass interact with other massy objects—that’s called gravitational interaction.—
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“Lumpish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lumpish. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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