clumsy 音标拼音: [kl'ʌmzi]
a . 笨拙的,不雅观的,粗陋的
笨拙的,不雅观的,粗陋的
clumsy adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
gawky }, {
clumsy }, {
clunky },
{
ungainly }, {
unwieldy }]
2 :
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 ?" [
synonym : {
awkward }, {
clumsy }, {
cumbersome },
{
inapt }, {
inept }, {
ill -
chosen }]
3 :
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 " [
synonym : {
awkward },
{
bunglesome }, {
clumsy }, {
ungainly }]
4 :
showing lack of skill or aptitude ; "
a bungling workman "; "
did a clumsy job "; "
his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf " [
synonym :
{
bungling }, {
clumsy }, {
fumbling }, {
incompetent }]
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 ]
105 Moby Thesaurus words for "
clumsy ":
Doric ,
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 ,
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
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