ADJECTIVE clumsy COMPARATIVE clumsier SUPERLATIVE clumsiest

clumsy English

Meaning clumsy meaning

What does clumsy mean?

Definitions in simple English

clumsy Adjective

— A clumsy person is not skillful or graceful when performing a movement. He is very clumsy. He might break the dishes.

— A clumsy object or idea is one created without much planning. This solution is clumsy. I do not think it will work.

clumsy

— adjective (= gawky, ungainly, unwieldy) 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

— adjective (= awkward, cumbersome, inept) 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?

— adjective (= bungling, fumbling) showing lack of skill or aptitude a bungling workman did a clumsy job his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf

— adjective (= awkward, bunglesome, ungainly) 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

Synonyms clumsy synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as clumsy?

clumsy English » English

awkward

inept

unskillful

ungainly

stupid

unwieldy

foolish

bungling

unskilful

uncouth

maladroit

ponderous

lumbering

crude

silly

rough

inexpert

gawky

cumbersome

untidy

ungraceful

sluggish

graceless

dull

coarse

careless

unskilled

slow

poor

lubberly

incompetent

heavy

gauche

clunky

bulky

unhandy

tactless

slow-witted

slovenly

inelegant

inapt

heavy-handed

bad

unshapely

unrefined

unmanageable

ugly

stiff

rude

lumpy

Topics clumsy topics

What do people use clumsy to talk about?

Physical actions Move Manner of movement Graceful

Clumsy

• What words describe someone who moves in a clumsy way?
  uncoordinated awkward ungainly clumsy gawky inelegant klutz ungraceful lumbering have two left feet gangling
• What words describe someone who is clumsy and often has accidents?
  clumsy klutz be all thumbs accident-prone ham-fisted bungling bumbling bull in a china shop butterfingers

Examples clumsy examples

How do I use clumsy in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You are really clumsy, aren't you!

He is clumsy with his hands.

Tom is old and clumsy.

I can be clumsy sometimes.

The clumsy man envied her extraordinary talent.

I'm clumsy.

Why are you so clumsy?

Seals are clumsy and ponderous on land, but very graceful in the water.

Seals are clumsy and awkward on land, but very graceful in the water.

I apologize for being so clumsy.

I'm sorry for being so clumsy.

Please forgive me for being so clumsy.

Tom is very clumsy.

All your sentences sound clumsy even if rewritten into gramatically correct ones.

I couldn't fix the original sentences since they either don't make sense at all or would look clumsy even if corrected anyway.

Movie subtitles

Attentive, but clumsy.

You are the clumsy one.

A little clumsy to get in your pocket?

Clumsy fool.

No, when a clumsy cloud from here meets a fluffy little cloud from there. he billows towards her. she scurries away and he scuds right up to her.

When a clumsy cloud meets a fluffy little cloud.

Clumsy great things!

They're too clumsy.

I'm so clumsy and stupid and not nearly good enough for you.

How clumsy of me!

Gently, you clumsy good-for-nothing!

Aren't we a bit clumsy?

Take your foot out of my eye, clumsy ox.

And I want to apologize for seeming clumsy.

Watchful but clumsy.

You're so clumsy!

Clumsy!

Easy, you clumsy louts!

Very clumsy of me.

Clumsy oaf! We've no food, may as well give ourselves up.

I went and I was rather clumsy.

Oh, I am terribly sorry, that was clumsy of me.

I wouldn't be so clumsy and slow.

My dear Jackie, you're so delightfully clumsy.

Clumsy like children.

How clumsy you can be, my little doll.

A clumsy thing, but nothing to worry about.

Some people are really clumsy with their guns.

You're the most deliciously clumsy of women.

Clumsy as children.

Miles wasn't clumsy enough to be spotted the first night.

News and current affairs

Moreover, his efforts here were amazingly clumsy.

But now, as the realization sinks in that Chinese stock prices will not keep rising indefinitely, the CCP is taking desperate, if clumsy, measures to control the correction.

Sanctions, however, are clumsy, costly, and often ineffective.

That clumsy diplomacy should not stop talks from getting underway.

Germany is by no means the only sinner here, for US diplomacy over Iraq was often clumsy and bombastic.

Clumsy and amateurish, the dilettante's actions harm the interests he aims to advance.

To call the Israeli government clumsy is to miss the point.

Of course, it does not take much interpretive skill to recognize a clumsy attempt to avoid confessing that US intelligence services targeted Merkel in the past.

Discretionary fiscal policy is often clumsy in responding to recession, given the usual lags in legislative and administrative implementation and the politics of pork and special interests surrounding spending and tax decisions.

The stream of statements, half-measures, and clumsy initiatives has done little to improve the situation - and, in some instances, has made things worse.

But Chinese television fare, at least, no longer consists of the prudish melodramas and clumsy indoctrination programs of the Maoist past.

The agreement with the eurozone attempted to close the gap in a clumsy and misguided way.

No one believed it, and the ECB not only withdrew its clumsy threat the next month, but it adopted a policy of interest-rate neutrality.