"lumpish" meaning in All languages combined

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lumpishly"
    },
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      "word": "lumpishness"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*(s)lembʰ",
        "5": "*-iskos"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "lumprissh"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English lumprissh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "lumpryssh",
        "t": "of a somewhat lumpy consistency"
      },
      "expansion": "lumpryssh (“of a somewhat lumpy consistency”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "lumpe",
        "t": "mass of material; excrescence, swelling; mass of people, crowd; useless person"
      },
      "expansion": "lumpe (“mass of material; excrescence, swelling; mass of people, crowd; useless person”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "lumpred",
        "t": "piled up or twisted into lumps"
      },
      "expansion": "lumpred (“piled up or twisted into lumps”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*limpaną",
        "t": "to glide; to go; to hang limply"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)lembʰ-",
        "t": "to hang limply"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "suffix",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "adjective",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-ish",
        "pos": "suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of the nature of; similar to; somewhat’"
      },
      "expansion": "-ish (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of the nature of; similar to; somewhat’)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lump",
        "3": "ish",
        "pos1": "noun, verb"
      },
      "expansion": "lump (noun, verb) + -ish",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Partly:\n* from Late Middle English lumprissh, lumpryssh (“of a somewhat lumpy consistency”), from lumpe (“mass of material; excrescence, swelling; mass of people, crowd; useless person”) or lumpred (“piled up or twisted into lumps”) (both possibly related to Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to glide; to go; to hang limply”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang limply”)) + -ish (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of the nature of; similar to; somewhat’); and\n* from lump (noun, verb) + -ish.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more lumpish",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most lumpish",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lumpish (comparative more lumpish, superlative most lumpish)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "lump‧ish"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lump"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lumpen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 12 25 0 31 20 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1794, Uvedale Price, chapter IX, in An Essay on the Picturesque, as Compared with the Sublime and the Beautiful; […], volume I, London: […] J. Robson, […], →OCLC, page 161",
          "text": "It ſeems to me that mere unmixed uglineſs does not ariſe from ſharp angles, or from any ſudden variation, but rather from that want of form, that unſhapen lumpiſh appearance, vvhich, perhaps, no one vvord exactly expreſſes; a quality that never can be miſtaken for beauty, never can adorn it, and vvhich is equally unconnected vvith the ſublime and the pictureſque.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having an ill-defined or rough form or shape like a lump; lumplike."
      ],
      "id": "en-lumpish-en-adj-iaRiS4PY",
      "links": [
        [
          "Having",
          "have#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "ill-defined",
          "ill-defined"
        ],
        [
          "rough",
          "rough#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "shape",
          "shape#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "lump",
          "lump#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "lumplike",
          "lumplike"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lumpen"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "80 2 2 0 4 12 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having an ill-defined or rough form or shape like a lump",
          "word": "möykkymäinen"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "11 12 25 0 31 20 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 October 17, Deon Irish, “‘La Traviata’ in need of finer tuning”, in Cape Times, Cape Town, South Africa: Independent News and Media SA, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-07",
          "text": "Direction of the principal characters is effective, but the crowd scenes tend to the lumpish, with a paradoxically static feel, despite the overt busyness of it all.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Awkward and ungainly in appearance or movement; clumsy, inelegant."
      ],
      "id": "en-lumpish-en-adj-0XozUaP8",
      "links": [
        [
          "Awkward",
          "awkward#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "ungainly",
          "ungainly"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "movement",
          "movement"
        ],
        [
          "clumsy",
          "clumsy#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "inelegant",
          "inelegant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative)",
        "Awkward and ungainly in appearance or movement; clumsy, inelegant."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "intelligent"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 12 25 0 31 20 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1660, John Ball, “[How These Things are to bee Applied upon the Heart and Pressed upon the Soul]”, in A Treatise of Divine Meditation, London: […] H. Mortlock [for Simeon Ashe], […], →OCLC, page 149",
          "text": "But I have greatly neglected the knovvledge of God, vvhen hee threatneth, I am ſenſeleſs; in his preſence, I am irreverent, dead-hearted vvhen I appear before him; lumpiſh in Prayer, looſe in Meditation […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dull and slow in acting, thinking, etc.; without energy; cloddish, lethargic, slow-witted, sluggish."
      ],
      "id": "en-lumpish-en-adj-GxxpnQ-d",
      "links": [
        [
          "Dull",
          "dull#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "slow",
          "slow#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "acting",
          "act#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "thinking",
          "think#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "cloddish",
          "cloddish"
        ],
        [
          "lethargic",
          "lethargic"
        ],
        [
          "slow-witted",
          "slow-witted"
        ],
        [
          "sluggish",
          "sluggish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative)",
        "Dull and slow in acting, thinking, etc.; without energy; cloddish, lethargic, slow-witted, sluggish."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "loggish"
        },
        {
          "word": "stupid"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of sound: dull, heavy."
      ],
      "id": "en-lumpish-en-adj-SQlNAfLM",
      "links": [
        [
          "sound",
          "sound#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "heavy",
          "heavy#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative)",
        "Of sound: dull, heavy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Full of lumps; lumpy."
      ],
      "id": "en-lumpish-en-adj-yzOeYCFY",
      "links": [
        [
          "Full",
          "full#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "lumpy",
          "lumpy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete)",
        "Full of lumps; lumpy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 12 25 0 31 20 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a thing: having a shape and/or weight which makes it inconvenient to move; cumbersome, unwieldy."
      ],
      "id": "en-lumpish-en-adj-3iOJKoF3",
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "shape",
          "shape#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "weight",
          "weight#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "makes",
          "make#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "inconvenient",
          "inconvenient"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "cumbersome",
          "cumbersome"
        ],
        [
          "unwieldy",
          "unwieldy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete)",
        "Of a thing: having a shape and/or weight which makes it inconvenient to move; cumbersome, unwieldy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "happy"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Miserable, sad."
      ],
      "id": "en-lumpish-en-adj-LH~i40Kn",
      "links": [
        [
          "Miserable",
          "miserable#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "sad",
          "sad#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete)",
        "(figurative) Miserable, sad."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sad"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlʌmpɪʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌmpɪʃ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-lumpish.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/En-us-lumpish.oga/En-us-lumpish.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/En-us-lumpish.oga",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "lompish"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lumpish"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)lembʰ",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *-iskos",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌmpɪʃ",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌmpɪʃ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "lumpishly"
    },
    {
      "word": "lumpishness"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*(s)lembʰ",
        "5": "*-iskos"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "lumprissh"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English lumprissh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "lumpryssh",
        "t": "of a somewhat lumpy consistency"
      },
      "expansion": "lumpryssh (“of a somewhat lumpy consistency”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "lumpe",
        "t": "mass of material; excrescence, swelling; mass of people, crowd; useless person"
      },
      "expansion": "lumpe (“mass of material; excrescence, swelling; mass of people, crowd; useless person”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "lumpred",
        "t": "piled up or twisted into lumps"
      },
      "expansion": "lumpred (“piled up or twisted into lumps”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*limpaną",
        "t": "to glide; to go; to hang limply"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to glide; to go; to hang limply”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)lembʰ-",
        "t": "to hang limply"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang limply”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "suffix",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adjective"
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      "expansion": "adjective",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-ish",
        "pos": "suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of the nature of; similar to; somewhat’"
      },
      "expansion": "-ish (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of the nature of; similar to; somewhat’)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lump",
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        "pos1": "noun, verb"
      },
      "expansion": "lump (noun, verb) + -ish",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Partly:\n* from Late Middle English lumprissh, lumpryssh (“of a somewhat lumpy consistency”), from lumpe (“mass of material; excrescence, swelling; mass of people, crowd; useless person”) or lumpred (“piled up or twisted into lumps”) (both possibly related to Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to glide; to go; to hang limply”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang limply”)) + -ish (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of the nature of; similar to; somewhat’); and\n* from lump (noun, verb) + -ish.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more lumpish",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most lumpish",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lumpish (comparative more lumpish, superlative most lumpish)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "lump‧ish"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lump"
    },
    {
      "word": "lumpen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1794, Uvedale Price, chapter IX, in An Essay on the Picturesque, as Compared with the Sublime and the Beautiful; […], volume I, London: […] J. Robson, […], →OCLC, page 161",
          "text": "It ſeems to me that mere unmixed uglineſs does not ariſe from ſharp angles, or from any ſudden variation, but rather from that want of form, that unſhapen lumpiſh appearance, vvhich, perhaps, no one vvord exactly expreſſes; a quality that never can be miſtaken for beauty, never can adorn it, and vvhich is equally unconnected vvith the ſublime and the pictureſque.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having an ill-defined or rough form or shape like a lump; lumplike."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Having",
          "have#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "ill-defined",
          "ill-defined"
        ],
        [
          "rough",
          "rough#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "shape",
          "shape#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "lump",
          "lump#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "lumplike",
          "lumplike"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lumpen"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 October 17, Deon Irish, “‘La Traviata’ in need of finer tuning”, in Cape Times, Cape Town, South Africa: Independent News and Media SA, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-07",
          "text": "Direction of the principal characters is effective, but the crowd scenes tend to the lumpish, with a paradoxically static feel, despite the overt busyness of it all.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Awkward and ungainly in appearance or movement; clumsy, inelegant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Awkward",
          "awkward#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "ungainly",
          "ungainly"
        ],
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "movement",
          "movement"
        ],
        [
          "clumsy",
          "clumsy#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "inelegant",
          "inelegant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative)",
        "Awkward and ungainly in appearance or movement; clumsy, inelegant."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "intelligent"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1660, John Ball, “[How These Things are to bee Applied upon the Heart and Pressed upon the Soul]”, in A Treatise of Divine Meditation, London: […] H. Mortlock [for Simeon Ashe], […], →OCLC, page 149",
          "text": "But I have greatly neglected the knovvledge of God, vvhen hee threatneth, I am ſenſeleſs; in his preſence, I am irreverent, dead-hearted vvhen I appear before him; lumpiſh in Prayer, looſe in Meditation […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dull and slow in acting, thinking, etc.; without energy; cloddish, lethargic, slow-witted, sluggish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Dull",
          "dull#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "slow",
          "slow#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "acting",
          "act#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "thinking",
          "think#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "cloddish",
          "cloddish"
        ],
        [
          "lethargic",
          "lethargic"
        ],
        [
          "slow-witted",
          "slow-witted"
        ],
        [
          "sluggish",
          "sluggish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative)",
        "Dull and slow in acting, thinking, etc.; without energy; cloddish, lethargic, slow-witted, sluggish."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "loggish"
        },
        {
          "word": "stupid"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of sound: dull, heavy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sound",
          "sound#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "heavy",
          "heavy#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative)",
        "Of sound: dull, heavy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Full of lumps; lumpy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Full",
          "full#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "lumpy",
          "lumpy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete)",
        "Full of lumps; lumpy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a thing: having a shape and/or weight which makes it inconvenient to move; cumbersome, unwieldy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "shape",
          "shape#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "weight",
          "weight#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "makes",
          "make#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "inconvenient",
          "inconvenient"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "cumbersome",
          "cumbersome"
        ],
        [
          "unwieldy",
          "unwieldy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete)",
        "Of a thing: having a shape and/or weight which makes it inconvenient to move; cumbersome, unwieldy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "happy"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Miserable, sad."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Miserable",
          "miserable#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "sad",
          "sad#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete)",
        "(figurative) Miserable, sad."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sad"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlʌmpɪʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌmpɪʃ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-lumpish.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/En-us-lumpish.oga/En-us-lumpish.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/En-us-lumpish.oga",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "lompish"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having an ill-defined or rough form or shape like a lump",
      "word": "möykkymäinen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lumpish"
}