Ungainly

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lacking grace or ease of movement or form; clumsy.
  • adj. Difficult to move or use; unwieldy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. clumsy; lacking grace.
  • adj. difficult to move or to manage; unwieldy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth.
  • adj. Unsuitable; unprofitable.
  • ad. In an ungainly manner.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Unfit; vain.
  • Awkward; clumsy; uncouth: as, an ungainly carriage.
  • Synonyms Uncouth, Bungling, etc. See awkward and clumsy.
  • In an awkward manner; clumsily; uncouthly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
  • adj. lacking grace in movement or posture
  • Equivalent
    unmanageable    unwieldy    awkward   
    Variant
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    clumsy    awkward    uncouth    unsuitable    unprofitable   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    humanely    mainly    plainly    vainly   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clumsy    unwieldy    uncouth    bony    bulky    hairy    misshapen    lanky    ponderous    angular