Qualities

Synonyms for lumbering

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampQualities

slow and laborious because of weight

Moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

heavy

Same sentence, swapped: Moved with a heavy sag-bellied trot.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for lumbering as it is used in the sentence above.

faltering
bungling
boorish

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Closest first: other qualities words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

leadenadjectivedulldarkened with overcastHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line leanadjectiveskimpycontaining little excessHigh Camp lightnessnounweightlessnessthe property of being comparatively small in weightHigh CampHas a reason line harshadjectiveroughunkind or cruel or uncivilTreeline hastenounhurrythe act of moving hurriedly and in a careless mannerTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line hastyadjectiveprecipitatedone with very great haste and without due deliberationHigh Camp nondescriptadjectivecharacterlesslacking distinct or individual characteristicsHigh Camp notationnounnotea comment or instruction (usually added)High Camp

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