knobblier
Having more protrusions
Knobblier is the comparative form of knobbly, meaning more covered with small lumps or protuberances.
A tree trunk might be knobblier than its neighbor, or arthritic fingers knobblier than they were years ago.
The older potatoes had grown knobblier in storage.
More common in British English; Americans tend toward knottier or bumpier.
Uneven in surface
- lumpyHaving irregular bumps
- gnarledTwisted and knotty
- nubblyRough with small lumps
- nubbyRough with raised bumps
pebbled · knotted · ridged · pitted · dimpled · warty · nodular · burred
bumpy
Uneven in surface
nubby · pebbled · knotted · ridged · pitted · dimpled · warty · nodular · burred · studded
rough
Uneven in surface
jagged · craggy · rugged · grainy · gravelly · pebbly · rocky · stony · gritty · corrugated
gnarled
Twisted and knotty
twisted · weathered · calloused · bony · knuckled · jointed · burled · tuberculous