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stumpish

stumpish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a stump; short and cut off.

Adjective

stumpish (comparative more stumpish, superlative most stumpish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a stump; short and cut off.
    Synonyms:
    stumpy

Synonyms of stumpish

Forms of stumpish

comparativemore stumpish
superlativemost stumpish

Origin of stumpish

From stump + -ish.

Questions about stumpish

What does stumpish mean?
Stumpish means resembling or characteristic of a stump; short and cut off.
What part of speech is stumpish?
Stumpish is an adjective.

Words near stumpish in the dictionary

  1. stumping
  2. stumping it
  3. stumping out
  4. stumping up
  5. stumpings
  6. stumpish
  7. stumpitis
  8. stumpknocker
  9. stumpknockers
  10. stumpland
  11. stumplands

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