'Clumsy' definitions:
Definition of 'clumsy'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy]
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?" [syn: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen]
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" [syn: awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly]
adjective
Showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" [syn: bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent]
Definition of 'Clumsy'
From: GCIDE
- Clumsy \Clum"sy\, a. [Compar. Clumsier; superl. Clumsiest.] [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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed. --Dryden.
- Syn: See Awkward. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'clumsy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- all thumbs,
- awkward,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- blunderheaded,
- blundering,
- boorish,
- botched,
- bovine,
- bulky,
- bumbling,
- bungling,
- butterfingered,
- cacophonous,
- careless,
- cloddish,
- clownish,
- clumsy-fisted,
- coarse,
- contrary,
- crosswise,
- crude,
- cumbersome,
- cumbrous,
- deficient,
- discommodious,
- doggerel,
- Doric,
- dysphemistic,
- elephantine,
- fingers all thumbs,
- fumbling,
- gauche,
- gawkish,
- gawky,
- graceless,
- gross,
- half-assed,
- ham-fisted,
- ham-handed,
- haphazard,
- harsh,
- heavy-handed,
- hit-and-miss,
- hit-or-miss,
- hulking,
- hulky,
- impractical,
- improper,
- impure,
- in bad taste,
- incommodious,
- inconcinnate,
- inconcinnous,
- inconvenient,
- incorrect,
- indecorous,
- inelegant,
- inept,
- infelicitous,
- left-hand,
- left-handed,
- loutish,
- low,
- lubberly,
- lumbering,
- lumpish,
- lumpy,
- maladroit,
- massive,
- massy,
- messy,
- oafish,
- outlandish,
- perverse,
- ponderous,
- promiscuous,
- rude,
- slipshod,
- slipshoddy,
- sloppy,
- slovenly,
- sluttish,
- splay,
- stiff,
- tasteless,
- troublesome,
- uncourtly,
- uncouth,
- undignified,
- uneuphonious,
- unfelicitous,
- ungainly,
- ungraced,
- ungraceful,
- unhandy,
- unhappy,
- unmanageable,
- unpolished,
- unrefined,
- unseemly,
- untidy,
- unwieldy,
- vulgar,
- wooden