lumpy

[luhm-pee]

adjective

lumpier, lumpiest 

1. full of lumps: lump.

   lumpy gravy.

2. covered with lumps, lump, as a surface.

3. heavy or clumsy, as in movement or style; crude.

   a lumpy gait; a lumpy narrative.

4. (of water) rough or choppy.

lumpy

/ ˈlʌmpɪ /

adjective

1. full of or having lumps

2. (esp of the sea) rough

3. (of a person) heavy or bulky

Other Word Forms

• lumpily adverb
• lumpiness noun
• unlumpy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of lumpy¹

First recorded in 1700–10; lump ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Each time was like a tiny jab, till Penelope’s heart felt as full of pins as the lumpy red pincushion carried by Madame LePoint, the dressmaker at Ashton Place.

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She even missed the porridge, which, to be frank, was sometimes lumpy, especially if one let it get cold.

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“There are more important things to think about on Thanksgiving than worrying about a lumpy gravy!”

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Beneath that was a lumpy mass of cooled corium.

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Huge areas of seabed around the Cook Islands are carpeted in polymetallic nodules, lumpy rocks studded with rare earths and critical minerals such as cobalt, nickel and manganese.

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Related Words

• bumpy 
• chunky 
• irregular