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Synonyms for clumsy

modified

ungainly, inept, tactless, cumbersome; see awkward 1. See syn. study at awkward.

See clumsy in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


adjective
  1. Lacking dexterity and grace in physical movement:

    awkward, gawky, graceless, inept, lumpish, maladroit, ungainly, ungraceful. (Slang) klutzy. Idiom: all thumbs. See ability
  2. Difficult to handle or manage:

    awkward, bulky, ungainly, unhandy, unmanageable, unwieldy. See easy
  3. Clumsily lacking in the ability to do or perform:

    awkward, bumbling, gauche, heavy-handed, inept, maladroit, unskillful. See ability
  4. Lacking sensitivity and skill in dealing with others:

    brash, gauche, impolitic, indelicate, maladroit, tactless, undiplomatic, unpolitic, untactful. See ability, courtesy

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