clumsy (redirected from clumsiest)

clum·sy  (klmz)

adj. clum·si·er, clum·si·est

1. Lacking physical coordination, skill, or grace; awkward.

2. Awkwardly constructed; unwieldy: clumsy wooden shoes; a clumsy sentence.

3. Gauche; inept: a clumsy excuse.

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[From obsolete clumse, to be numb with cold, from Middle English clomsen, of Scandinavian origin.]

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clumsi·ly adv.

clumsi·ness n.

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clumsy

Adjective

[-sier, -siest]

1. lacking in skill or physical coordination: an extraordinarily clumsy player

2. badly made or done

3. said or done without thought or tact: I took the clumsy hint and left [Middle English clumse to benumb]

clumsily adv
clumsiness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	clumsy - 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" clunky, gawky, ungainly, unwieldy awkward - lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"
	2.	clumsy - 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?" ill-chosen, inapt, inept, cumbersome, awkward infelicitous - not appropriate in application; defective; "an infelicitous remark"; "infelicitous phrasing"; "the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy"
	3.	clumsy - 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" bunglesome, ungainly, awkward unmanageable, unwieldy - difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape; "we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"; "almost dropped the unwieldy parcel"
	4.	clumsy - showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" bungling, fumbling, incompetent unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship"

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clumsy

adjective 1. awkward, blundering, bungling, lumbering, inept, bumbling, ponderous, ungainly, gauche, accident-prone, gawky, heavy, uncoordinated, cack-handed (informal) inexpert, maladroit, ham-handed (informal) like a bull in a china shop, klutzy U.S., Canad. (slang) unskilful, butterfingered (informal) ham-fisted (informal) unco Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE skilful

2. unwieldy, ill-shaped, unhandy, clunky (informal)

Translations

clumsy [ˈklʌmzɪ] adj [person] → torpe; [tool] → difícil de manejar

clumsy [ˈklʌmzɪ] adj [person] → gauche, maladroit(e); [object] → malcommode, peu maniable

clumsy [ˈklʌmzɪ] adj → ungeschickt;

(object) → unförmig;

(effort, attempt) → plump

clumsy [ˈklʌmzɪ] adj [person] → goffo/a, maldestro/a; [object] → malfatto/a, mal costruito/a

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clumsy

adj clumsy [ˈklamzi]

awkward in movement etc He's very clumsy – he's always dropping things.lomp, onhandigثَقيلُ الحَرَكَه، مُرْتَبِك اليَدَيْنнепохватенnemotornýklodset; kluntetungeschicktαδέξιοςtorpekohmakasدست و پا چلفتیkömpelömaladroitמְגוּשָם, מְסוּרבָּלबेढंगाnespretanügyetlenkikuk, canggungklunnalegurmaldestro無器用な어색한, 서투른nerangusneveiklscuaionhandigklosset, klønet, keitetniezgrabnydesajeitadostângaciнеуклюжийnemotornýnerodennespretanklumpigซุ่มซ่ามsakar笨拙的незграбнийبے ڈھنگاvụng về笨拙的

adv ˈclumsily

lomp, onhandigبِتَثاقُل، بارْتِباكِ اليَدَيْنнесръчноnemotorněklodset; kluntetungeschicktαδέξιαtorpementekohmakaltبا شلختگیkömpelöstimaladroitementגָמלוֹנִיअनाड़ीपन से, बेढंगेपन सेnespretan, nezgrapanügyetlenüldengan kikukklunnalegamaldestramenteぎこちなく서투르게nerangiaineveiklidengan cuaionhandigklønet, klosset, trehendt, ubehjelpeligniezgrabniedesajeitadamentecu stângăcieнеуклюжеnemotornenerodnonespretnoklumpigtอย่างงุ่มง่ามsakarca笨拙地незграбноبے دول طریقے سےmột cách vụng về笨拙地

n ˈclumsiness

onhandigheid, lompheidثِقَلُ الحَرَكَه ، ارْتِباكُ اليَدَيْنтромавостnemotornostklodsethed; kluntethed; ubehjælpsomheddie Ungeschicklichkeitαδεξιότηταtorpezakohmakusشلختگیkömpelyysmaladresseסִרבּוּלअनाड़ीपन, बेढंगापनnespretnostügyetlenségkecanggunganklunnaskapurgoffaggineぎこちなさ서투름nerangumasneveiklumskecuaianonhandigheidubehjelpelighet, klossethetniezdarnośćfalta de jeitostângăcieнеуклюжестьnemotornosťnerodnostnespretnostklumpighetความซุ่มซ่ามsakarlık笨拙незграбністьبے ڈھنگا پنsự vụng về笨拙