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CLUMSY
awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen
(adjective) not elegant or graceful in expression; “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?”
gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy
(adjective) lacking grace in movement or posture; “a gawky lad with long ungainly legs”; “clumsy fingers”; “what an ungainly creature a giraffe is”; “heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair”
bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent
(adjective) showing lack of skill or aptitude; “a bungling workman”; “did a clumsy job”; “his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf”
awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly
(adjective) difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; “an awkward bundle to carry”; “a load of bunglesome paraphernalia”; “clumsy wooden shoes”; “the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
clumsy (comparative clumsier, superlative clumsiest)
Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
Noun
clumsy (plural clumsies)
(informal, fairly rare) A clumsy person.
Synonyms
• butterfingers
• galoot
• klutz
Anagrams
• cumyls, muscly
Source: Wiktionary
Clum"sy, a. [Compar. Clumsier; superl. Clumsiest.] Etym: [OE. clumsed benumbed, fr. clumsen to be benumbed; cf. Icel. klumsa lockjaw, dial. Sw. klummsen benumbed with cold. Cf. 1st Clam, and 1st Clamp.]
1. Stiff or benumbed, as with cold. [Obs.]
2. 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. But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed. Dryden.
Syn.
– See Awkward.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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