clumsy

  • 21clumsy — adjective 1) she was terribly clumsy Syn: awkward, uncoordinated, ungainly, graceless, inelegant; inept, maladroit, unskillful, unhandy, accident prone, like a bull in a china shop, all thumbs; informal ham fisted, butterfingered, having two left …

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  • 22Clumsy — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Clumsy (homonymie). Clumsy est le tout dernier single de Fergie, extrait de l album The Dutchess. C est une chanson pop et RnB avec quelques influences soul. Articles connexes Fergie The Dutchess Liens externes …

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  • 23clumsy — clumsily, adv. clumsiness, n. /klum zee/, adj., clumsier, clumsiest. 1. awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things. 2. awkwardly done or made; unwieldy; ill contrived: He made a clumsy,… …

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  • 24clumsy — [16] When clumsy first appeared on the scene around 1600, both it and the presumably related but now obsolete clumse were used not only for ‘awkward’ but also for ‘numb with cold’. This, and the fact that the word’s nearest apparent relatives are …

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  • 25clumsy — adjective 1) she was terribly clumsy Syn: awkward, uncoordinated, ungainly, graceless, lumbering, inelegant, inept, unskilful, accident prone, all fingers and thumbs; informal cack handed, ham fisted, butterfingered; N.Amer.; informal klutzy …

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  • 26clumsy — [ˈklʌmzi] adj 1) a clumsy person often has accidents because they are not careful 2) a clumsy object is too large and heavy to be useful 3) showing a lack of skill in judging people or situations clumsily adv clumsiness noun [U] …

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  • 27clumsy — /ˈklʌmzi / (say klumzee) adjective (clumsier, clumsiest) 1. awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: a clumsy workman. 2. awkwardly done or made; unwieldy; ill contrived: a clumsy apology. {obsolete verb clumse be benumbed with cold …

  • 28clumsy — [16] When clumsy first appeared on the scene around 1600, both it and the presumably related but now obsolete clumse were used not only for ‘awkward’ but also for ‘numb with cold’. This, and the fact that the word’s nearest apparent relatives are …

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  • 29clumsy — adj. Clumsy is used with these nouns: ↑attempt, ↑finger, ↑hand, ↑handling …

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  • 30clumsy — Synonyms and related words: Doric, all thumbs, awkward, barbaric, barbarous, blunderheaded, blundering, boorish, botched, bovine, bulky, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, cacophonous, careless, cloddish, clownish, clumsy fisted, coarse,… …

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