CLUMSY


Meaning of CLUMSY in English

adjective

1.

lacking in physical ease and grace usually because of coarse cumbersome build or poor coordination

a clumsy boy constantly stumbling over his own feet

the clumsy gait of a young puppy

Synonyms: awkward, gawky, lumbering, lumpish, splathering, splay, ungainly; compare awkward 2

Related Word: butterfingered, heavy-handed, left-handed, unhandy; graceless, inelegant, uncouth; bulky, hulking, unwieldy

Idioms: all thumbs, fingers all thumbs

Contrasted words: comely, shapely, well-formed, well-proportioned; apt, deft, handy, quick, ready

2.

Synonyms: awkward 2, bumbling, gauche, ham-handed, heavy-handed, inept, maladroit, unhandy, unhappy, wooden

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