dumpish
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- dumpishly adverb
- dumpishness noun
Etymology
Origin of dumpish
Example Sentences
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For several months the two poets toured the fishy, subArctic, volcanic island, sat around in its corrugated-iron farmhouses and dumpish hotels.
From Time Magazine Archive
A collapse takes place, the secretions become impaired, the animal refuses its food, "looks dumpish," &c.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
He is a dumpish sort of person who looks as if he needed exercise, but he has a sharp clear eye.
From Chimney-Pot Papers by Endell, Fritz August Gottfried
“I was just feelin’ sorta dumpish, I reckon.”
From The Range Boss by Schoonover, Frank Earle
Can any body be tired, or weary, or dumpish?
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord
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