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Another word for lumpish

Adjective

  1. Lacking dexterity and grace in physical movement

    2. Idioms:
    See also:

    ability

  2. Unwieldy or clumsy, especially due to excess weight

    3. See also:

    heavy

    easy

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Another word for lumpish

Modifier
    2. See also:

    stupid

    awkward

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Sentence Examples

  • Thus, also, you pass from the lumpish grub in the earth to the airy and fluttering butterfly.

  • On the other hand, when it becomes atrophied the circulation becomes feeble, the face heavy and dull, the patient suffers from cold, the features glow lumpish, mental processes become sluggish, and bodily vigour diminishes.

  • lumpish lad shut his mouth, reduced his eyes, and, going shyly forward, held out his hand.

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