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Word entry · 6 letters

lumpen

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"Downtrodden and crude"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈlʌmpən/Part of speech adjectiveSorted elmnpuStarts with LEnds with N1 clues
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Definitions

  1. Crude, downtrodden, or lacking refinement.

Word origin

From lump + -en (adjectival suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • Using the last two as an example, there is a constant sense of contrast in the poem, in this case between the streamlined ship which will surge through the water and the mere lumpen shape of the clumsy iceberg.
  • Billy and Dandy had draped a tarp over the body but the shape itself looked lumpen and grotesque.
  • a slaloming winger putting lumpen defenders on their backsides, or even a sneaky centre-forward, using his boundless energy to lead the press and force mistakes.

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