gawky English

Meaning gawky meaning

What does gawky mean?

gawky

— adjective (= clumsy, 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

Synonyms gawky synonyms

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

gawky English » English

clumsy

ungainly

awkward

unwieldy

stupid

clunky

wiry

unyielding

unmalleable

unbending

thick

stumblingly

stripling

strict

stilted

stiff-backed

stiff

starchy

sottish

silly

sheepish

sap head

rigid

poky

nitwitted

moronic

maladroit

lumbering

large

idiotic

huge

goon

goofy

giant

gauche

gangly

fool

embarrassed

dumb

dull

dopey

disorderly

clumsily

bunglingly

bungling

bulky

buckram

big

be clumsy

awkwardly

Topics gawky topics

What do people use gawky 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