Definitions for lumpish

lumpish lump·ish

Spelling: [luhm-pish]
IPA: /ˈlʌm pɪʃ/

Lumpish is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 160 anagrams from letters in lumpish (hilmpsu).

Definitions for lumpish

adjective

  1. resembling a lump.
  2. having a heavy appearance; moving clumsily.
  3. having a sluggish mind; unresponsive; dull; stupid.

Origin of lumpish

First recorded in 1400-50, lumpish is from the late Middle English word lumpisch. See lump1, -ish1

Examples for lumpish

His hands hung nearly to his knees; he was heavy, short, lumpish.

Winter condenses me, and makes me lumpish and sober; and then I can read all day long.

Yet the only servant he saw was the lumpish girl who had admitted him.

It was pitiful for the country to see how lumpish her younger children were.

They were heavy, lumpish, red-faced young men, all rather like each other.

The owner was a lumpish, ungainly fellow, astonishingly bow-legged.

Was he a lumpish log, or was he a man all nerves and electricity?

There are no lumpish solidities—no pillowy protuberances here.

They are dear lumpish souls who like things straightforward as they sayall or nothing.

But most of them were in excellent condition -- fine, rounded bodies, not lumpish.

Word Value for lumpish
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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