adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Full of lumps, not smooth, uneven.

   "I don't know which was worse, the lumpy soup or the lumpy bed."

2. 2
   Of a water surface: covered in many small waves as a result of wind; choppy.

Adjective

1. 1
   having lumps; not smooth and even in texture wordnet
2. 2
   like or containing small sticky lumps wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

chunkyunevenawkwardbulkybumpycaked

Example

More examples

"I can't sleep on this lumpy mattress."

Etymology

From lump + -y.

Related phrases

lumpy dicklumpy jawlumpy jumperlumpy skin disease

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