Clumsy
['klʌmzɪ] or ['klʌmzi]
Definition
(superl.) Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.
(superl.) Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse.
Editor: Simon
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Unwieldy, ponderous, heavy, lumbering, ill-shaped, ill-made.[2]. Awkward, unhandy, bungling, maladroit, inapt, unskilful, without dexterity.
Edited by Debra
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Awkward, inexpert, uncouth, maladroit, botching, bungling, unskillful,unwieldly, unhandy, ill-shaped
ANT:Neat, workmanlike, artistic, handy, skillful, clever, expert, adroit,dexterous
Checked by Clive
Definition
adj. shapeless: ill-made: unwieldy: awkward: ungainly.—adj. Clum′sily.—n. Clum′siness.
Checker: Phelps
Examples
- Without it the engine would have been too clumsy and slow for practical use, but with it the greatest possibilities of use appeared. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Slowly the launch drifted round in a pathetic, clumsy circle, and slunk away to the land, retreating into the dimness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But the Blutcher was after all a very clumsy machine. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Her clumsy fib had let him see that she had something to conceal; and she was sure he had a score to settle with her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Far better we may say that moral and social problems be left to private solution than that they be subjected to the clumsy method of the taboo. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Jos, a clumsy and timid horseman, did not look to advantage in the saddle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Making the women stand apart, I undressed their mistress, without their well-meaning but clumsy aid. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They were clumsy in cutting the lines, and spoiled block after block. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The boat was clumsy beyond question. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- On the highest point stood the church--an ancient, weather-beaten building, with heavy buttresses at its sides, and a clumsy square tower in front. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But everything in the Roman state was earlier, cruder, and clumsier; the injustices were more glaring, the conflicts harsher. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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