gibbous

as inasymmetrical

as inbulging
as inprojecting
as instooped
as inconvex

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Synonyms for gibbous

adj uneven

More words related to gibbous

asymmetrical

adjective. uneven

bulging

adjective. curving outward

convex

adjective. rounded, curving outward

projecting

adjective. sticking out

stooped

adjective. bent over

Word Origin & History

c.1400, "bulging, convex," from Late Latin gibbus "hunchbacked," from Latin gibbus "hump, hunch," of uncertain origin. Of the moon from early 15c.; also used from 15c. of hunchbacks.

Example Sentences for gibbous

Steep and gibbous behind, becoming at length smooth and equal.

The night was clear, and a gibbous moon was high in the sky.

The moon was gibbous in its approach to the full when the boat left Vicksburg.

The esculent variety, in Europe, is the common green or gibbous frog, the Rana esculenta of Linnus.

Over the top of the great ranges a gibbous moon rose slowly.

Gibbous, more tumid at one place or on one side than the other.

If she were white, she might pass for a Caucasian, but for that gibbous under-lip.

A gibbous moon brightened the sky and silvered the slopes about me.

"It was gibbous, you know," Mary explained, very technical and scientific.

Under the stars, under the gibbous moon, assuredly they would sleep.