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clumsy


 
  Grep  of  noun  clumsy 
  clumsy  person 
 
  Overview  of  adj  clumsy 
 
  The  adj  clumsy  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  gawky,  clumsy,  clunky,  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") 
  2.  (1)  awkward,  clumsy,  cumbersome,  inapt,  inept,  ill-chosen  --  (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?") 
  3.  awkward,  bunglesome,  clumsy,  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") 
  4.  bungling,  clumsy,  fumbling,  incompetent  --  (showing  lack  of  skill  or  aptitude;  "a  bungling  workman";  "did  a  clumsy  job";  "his  fumbling  attempt  to  put  up  a  shelf") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  clumsy 
 
  4  senses  of  clumsy 
 
  Sense  1 
  gawky,  clumsy,  clunky,  ungainly,  unwieldy 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  awkward)  ->  graceful 
 
  Sense  2 
  awkward,  clumsy,  cumbersome,  inapt,  inept,  ill-chosen 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  infelicitous)  ->  felicitous 
 
  Sense  3 
  awkward,  bunglesome,  clumsy,  ungainly 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unwieldy)  ->  wieldy,  manageable 
 
  Sense  4 
  bungling,  clumsy,  fumbling,  incompetent 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unskilled)  ->  skilled 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  clumsy 
 
  4  senses  of  clumsy 
 
  Sense  1 
  gawky,  clumsy,  clunky,  ungainly,  unwieldy 
  =>  awkward  (vs.  graceful) 
 
  Sense  2 
  awkward,  clumsy,  cumbersome,  inapt,  inept,  ill-chosen 
  =>  infelicitous  (vs.  felicitous) 
 
  Sense  3 
  awkward,  bunglesome,  clumsy,  ungainly 
  =>  unwieldy  (vs.  wieldy),  unmanageable 
 
  Sense  4 
  bungling,  clumsy,  fumbling,  incompetent 
  =>  unskilled  (vs.  skilled) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  clumsy 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  clumsy 
 
  clumsy  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  clumsy 
  clumsy 
 
  Overview  of  adj  clumsy 
 
  The  adj  clumsy  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  gawky,  clumsy,  clunky,  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") 
  2.  (1)  awkward,  clumsy,  cumbersome,  inapt,  inept,  ill-chosen  --  (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?") 
  3.  awkward,  bunglesome,  clumsy,  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") 
  4.  bungling,  clumsy,  fumbling,  incompetent  --  (showing  lack  of  skill  or  aptitude;  "a  bungling  workman";  "did  a  clumsy  job";  "his  fumbling  attempt  to  put  up  a  shelf") 



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