dumpish
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- dumpishly adverb
- dumpishness noun
Etymology
Origin of dumpish
Example Sentences
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For several months the two poets toured the fishy, subArctic, volcanic island, sat around in its corrugated-iron farmhouses and dumpish hotels.
From Time Magazine Archive
She lost her gay spirits, grew dumpish and morose, stuck up her feathers in a bristling way, and pecked at her neighbours if they did so much as look at her.
From Queer Little Folks by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Can any body be tired, or weary, or dumpish?
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord
She lost her gay spirits, grew dumpish and morose, stuck up her feathers in a bristling way, and pecked at her neighbors if they did so much as look at her.
From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
Quick, quick, Di; put on your dumpish face, and begin your task.'
From The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny
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