bumpier
Less smooth ride
Bumpier is the comparative form of bumpy—having more bumps or jolts.
A road can be bumpier than expected, a flight bumpier than usual.
Figuratively, a path or process with more obstacles is bumpier: The road to recovery was bumpier than anyone anticipated.
Not smooth or balanced
- lumpyHaving irregular bumps
- ruttedHaving worn tracks
- pittedSeed removed, or opposed
- roughUneven in surface
corrugated · potholed · cratered · ridged · rocky · rugged · gravelly · cobbled
Shaking with sudden force
- jarringDisturbingly incongruous
- bouncingSpringing back repeatedly
- shakingRapid involuntary movement
- jerkingAbrupt, spasmodic movement
lurching · jouncing · rattling · vibrating · rocking · jostling · shuddering · juddering
uneven
Not smooth or balanced
rough · corrugated · potholed · cratered · ridged · rocky · rugged · gravelly · cobbled · knobby
jolting
Shaking with sudden force
jerking · lurching · jouncing · rattling · vibrating · rocking · jostling · shuddering · juddering · buffeting
rougher
More coarse-textured
uneasier
Comparatively more anxious
- edgierMore tense or provocative
- chest bumpingCelebratory frontal collision
- fist bumpingKnuckle-to-knuckle greeting gesture
- bumping and grindingSexually suggestive dancing
- bumping offMurdering, informally
- bumping into things
- bumping ugliesCrude intercourse slang