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 Definitions of clumsy  [ˈklʌm zi]  

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Definition of 'clumsy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) clumsy
awkward in movement or action; lacking skill or grace.

2.  clumsy
awkwardly done; ill-contrived:
a clumsy apology.

Etymology:  (1590–1600; clums benumbed with cold; akin to ME clumsen to be stiff with cold)

Definition of 'clumsy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy
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"

2. (adj) awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen
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?"

3. (adj) awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly
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"

4. (adj) bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent
showing lack of skill or aptitude
"a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"


Definition of 'clumsy' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) clumsy
moving awkwardly, often breaking things
very tall and clumsy

2.  clumsy
insensitive to people's feelings
a clumsy attempt to be friendly; to run clumsily; She yelled at me for my clumsiness.


Definition of 'clumsy' Webster Dictionary 

1.  clumsy
stiff or benumbed, as with cold

2.  clumsy
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


Translation of 'clumsy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: awkward in movement etc
He's very clumsy; – he's always dropping things.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: lomp, onhandig Arabic flag Arabic: ثَقيلُ الحَرَكَه، مُرْتَب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: непохватен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: desajeitado Czech flag Czech: nemotorný German flag German: ungeschickt
Danish flag Danish: klodset; kluntet Greek flag Greek: αδέξιος Spanish flag Spanish: torpe
Estonian flag Estonian: kohmakas Farsi flag Farsi: دست و پا چلفتی Finnish flag Finnish: kömpelö
French flag French: maladroit Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְגוּשָם, מְסוּרבָּל Hindi flag Hindi: बेढंगा
Croatian flag Croatian: nespretan Hungarian flag Hungarian: ügyetlen Indonesian flag Indonesian: kikuk, canggung
Icelandic flag Icelandic: klunnalegur Italian flag Italian: maldestro Japanese flag Japanese: 無器用な
Korean flag Korean: 서투른 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nerangus Latvian flag Latvian: neveikls
Malay flag Malay: cuai Dutch flag Dutch: onhandig Norwegian flag Norwegian: klosset, klønet, keitet
Polish flag Polish: niezgrabny Persian flag Persian: دست و پا چلفتی Pashto flag Pashto: ناورړه، پې خوند، بي مهارت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: desajeitado Romanian flag Romanian: stângaci Russian flag Russian: неуклюжий
Slovak flag Slovak: nemotorný Slovenian flag Slovenian: neroden Serbian flag Serbian: nespretan
Swedish flag Swedish: klumpig Thai flag Thai: ซุ่มซ่าม Turkish flag Turkish: sakar
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 笨拙的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: незграбний Urdu flag Urdu: بے ڈھنگا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vụng về Chinese flag Chinese: 笨拙的

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