lumpish /ˈlʌmpɪʃ/ adjective7 •Having an ill-defined or rough form or shape like a lump; lumplike.The Sprite […] lifting vp his lompish head, vvth blame / Halfe angrie asked him, for vvhat he came. — 1590 •(figurative) Awkward and ungainly in appearance or movement; clumsy, inelegant.[H]e emerged from some struggling trees, and looked out upon a wild moorish country, composed of a succession of swelling lumpish hills, […] — 1820 •(figurative) Dull and slow in acting, thinking, etc.; without energy; cloddish, lethargic, slow-witted, sluggish.So forth he vvent, / VVith heauy looke and lumpish pace, that plaine / In him bevvraid great grudge and maltalent; / His steed eke seemd t'apply his steps to his intent. — 1590 •(figurative) Of sound: dull, heavy.Thou bear'st aloof, and look'st vvith high disdain, / Upon the dull mechanic train; / VVhose nerveless strains flag on in languid tone, / Lifeless and lumpish as the bagpipe's drovvzy drone. — 1765 •(no longer used) Of a thing: having a shape and/or weight which makes it inconvenient to move; cumbersome, unwieldy.[I]t is better to have a shaft [of an arrow] a litle to short than over longe, somevvhat to light, than over lumpishe, a litle to smal, than a greate deale to big, […] — 1545 •(no longer used) Full of lumps; lumpy. •(figurative, no longer used) Miserable, sad. formsmore lumpish · most lumpish