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English adjective: clumsy | |||
| 1. | clumsy lacking grace in movement or posture | ||
| Samples | A gawky lad with long ungainly legs. Clumsy fingers. What an ungainly creature a giraffe is. Heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair. | ||
| Synonyms | clunky, gawky, ungainly, unwieldy | ||
| Similar | awkward | ||
| Antonyms | graceful | ||
| 2. | clumsy not elegant or graceful in expression | ||
| Samples | An awkward prose style. A clumsy apology. His cumbersome writing style. If the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?. | ||
| Synonyms | awkward, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept | ||
| Similar | infelicitous | ||
| Antonyms | felicitous | ||
| 3. | clumsy difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape | ||
| Samples | An awkward bundle to carry. A load of bunglesome paraphernalia. Clumsy wooden shoes. The cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl. | ||
| Synonyms | awkward, bunglesome, ungainly | ||
| Similar | unmanageable, unwieldy | ||
| Antonyms | wieldy | ||
| 4. | clumsy showing lack of skill or aptitude | ||
| Samples | A bungling workman. Did a clumsy job. His fumbling attempt to put up a shelf. | ||
| Synonyms | bungling, fumbling, incompetent | ||
| Similar | unskilled | ||
| Antonyms | skilled | ||
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