wooden

wood·en  (wdn)

adj.

1. Made or consisting of wood.

2. Stiff and unnatural; without spirit: a wooden performance; a wooden smile.

3. Clumsy and awkward; ungainly.

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wooden·ly adv.

wooden·ness n.

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wooden [ˈwʊd^ən]

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) made from or consisting of wood

2. awkward or clumsy

3. bereft of spirit or animation a wooden expression

4. obstinately unyielding a wooden attitude

5. mentally slow or dull

6. not highly resonant a wooden thud

vb

(tr) Austral slang to fell or kill (a person or animal)

woodenly  adv

woodenness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	wooden - made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood; "a wooden box"; "an ancient cart with wooden wheels" woody - made of or containing or resembling wood; "woody plants"; "perennial herbs with woody stems"; "a woody taste"
	2.	wooden - lacking ease or grace; "the actor's performance was wooden"; "a wooden smile" 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"

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wooden

adjective

1. made of wood, timber, woody, of wood, ligneous the shop's bare brick walls and wooden floorboards

2. awkward, stiff, rigid, clumsy, lifeless, stilted, ungainly, gauche, gawky, inelegant, graceless, maladroit The film is marred by the wooden acting of the star.
awkward flowing, elegant, flexible, graceful, supple, nimble, agile, comely, lissom(e)

3. expressionless, empty, dull, blank, vacant, lifeless, deadpan, colourless, glassy, unresponsive, unemotional, emotionless, spiritless It's hard to tell from his wooden expression whether he's happy or sad.

Translations

wooden [ˈwʊdn]

A. ADJ

1. (= made of wood) → de madera

2. (fig) (= lacking expression) [actor, performance] → acartonado, inexpresivo; [face, person] → rígido, inexpresivo; [style] → seco, poco expresivo

B. CPD wooden horse N → caballo m de madera
wooden leg N → pierna f de madera, pata f de palo
wooden spoon N → cuchara f de palo (fig) → premio m de consolación

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wooden [ˈwʊd^ən] adj

(= made of wood) [chair, table, floor, house, door] → en bois

(fig) [acting, actor] → raide; [expression] → de marbre
wooden leg n → jambe f de bois
wooden spoon n

(lit) (for cooking) → cuiller f en bois

(British) (fig) (in race, competition) → cuiller f en bois

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wooden

adj

→ Holz-; wooden chair → Holzstuhl m; the wooden horse → das hölzerne Pferd

(fig) expression, smile, manner, performance, acting → hölzern; (pej: = dull) personality → steif

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wooden:

wooden spoon

n (lit) → Holzlöffel m, → hölzerner Löffel; (fig) → Trostpreis m

woodenware

n → Holzwaren pl

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wooden [ˈwʊdn] adj

a. (made of wood) → di legno

b. (fig) (movements, manner) → impacciato/a, rigido/a; (face, stare) → inespressivo/a; (personality) → goffo/a
to give a wooden performance (actor) → recitare in maniera impacciata

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wooden [ˈwʊdn] adj

a. (made of wood) → di legno

b. (fig) (movements, manner) → impacciato/a, rigido/a; (face, stare) → inespressivo/a; (personality) → goffo/a
to give a wooden performance (actor) → recitare in maniera impacciata

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wooden → خشبي dřevěný træ- hölzern ξύλινος de madera puinen en bois drven di legno 木製の 나무로 된 houten tre- drewniany de madeira деревянный av trä ที่ทำจากไม้ ağaç/tahta làm bằng gỗ 木质的