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