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wooden

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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.

wooden·ly adv.
wooden·ness n.

wooden
Adjective
1. made of wood
2. lacking spirit or animation: the man's expression became wooden
woodenly adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.woodenwooden - 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"

wooden
adjective 1. made of wood, timber, woody, of wood, ligneous
Translations
Spanish wooden [ˈwudn] adjde madera;
(fig) → inexpresivo

French wooden [ˈwudn] wood adjen bois (fig) [actor] → raide: [performance] → qui manque de naturel
German wooden [ˈwudn] wood adj (also fig) → hölzern
Italian wooden [ˈwudn] adjdi legno;
(fig) → rigido/a; inespressivo/a

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There were odd wooden houses, with carved wooden flowers in the front yards.
He became noted for carving ornamental pump heads, and wooden urns for gate posts, and decorations, more grotesque than fanciful, for mantelpieces.
Her husband grieved bitterly, and buried her in the house where she had passed her life; but as the time went on he felt so lonely without her that he made a wooden doll about her height and size for company, and dressed it in her clothes.
 
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