lumpy
/ˈlʌmpi
/adjective (lumpier, lumpiest)
1Full of or covered with lumps: he lay on the lumpy mattress...
- Half-hidden under the lumpy covers was a creature of indeterminate size, his head turned away from the door.
- Imagine two roads: one smooth, well-paved, well-maintained, the other lumpy and full of cracks and pits.
- Right in front of my nose a canvass blanket covered a lumpy pile.
Synonyms
bumpy, knobbly, bulging, uneven, covered with lumps, full of lumps
clotted, curdled, full of lumps, congealed, coagulated;
granular, grainy
rare nodose
1.1 Nautical (Of water) formed by the wind into small waves: there’s a lumpy sea running...
- Calmer patches on the way to Claife and Adelaide drew the fleet together before Five pulled away from Kiffs and Zephyr in the lumpy waters of Millerground Bay.
- The wind had dropped but the sea was lumpy and Cuban boats aren't designed for it.
- Just an hour out of Port Taranaki, the sea was a bit lumpy, but bearable.
Derivatives
lumpily
- But oatmeal sits, however lumpily, at the cutting edge of a revolution in the way we think about food.
- Almost a century later, the chapter house was rebuilt, though rather lumpily, re-using some original stonework.
- I wore a black unitard with a lumpily stuffed black pantyhose leg pinned to my backside.
lumpiness
/ noun ...- Blood spurted; half a pint was collected in a gourd, which was vigorously stirred to prevent lumpiness and the sticky stick passed to an ecstatic child like mummy's cake spoon.
- Right before and during your period, hormone levels rise, causing tenderness and even fluctuations in size and lumpiness.
- Possible side effects include blistering, soreness, lumpiness and allergic reactions such as rashes.