clumsy

Meaning of clumsy

adjective
  1. awkward in movement or in handling things.
    the cold made his fingers clumsy

late 16th century: from obsolete clumse ‘make or be numb’, probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish klumsig .

Information about clumsy

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of clumsy

clumsy

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • clumsy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

clumsy synonyms

Meaning gawky:

gawky, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy

Meaning awkward:

awkward, cumbersome, inapt, inept, bunglesome, ungainly

Meaning bungling:

bungling, fumbling, incompetent

Meaning (of a person or their movements) clumsy:

uncoordinated

Meaning lacking grace, elegance, or charm:

graceless

Meaning lacking grace; clumsy:

ungraceful

Meaning having or showing a lack of physical grace, elegance, or refinement:

inelegant

Meaning unsophisticated and socially awkward:

gauche

Meaning (of a person) tall, thin, and awkward in movements or bearing:

gangling

Meaning foolish, awkward, or clumsy:

cloddish

Meaning making or characterized by stupid or careless mistakes; clumsy:

blundering

Meaning moving in a slow, heavy, awkward way:

lumbering

Meaning acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent:

bumbling

Meaning inefficient or inept; clumsy:

maladroit

Meaning not having or showing skill:

unskilful

Meaning having or showing a lack of skill or knowledge:

inexpert

Meaning not easy to handle or manage; awkward:

unhandy

Meaning (of a person or object) very large, heavy, or clumsy:

hulking

Meaning clumsy, awkward, or foolish:

klutzy

clumsy antonyms

Meaning having or showing grace or elegance:

graceful

Translation of clumsy

Anagrams of clumsy

muscly

Words that rhyme with clumsy

mumsy

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