clumsy

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈklʌmzi/ (UK)

Definition of clumsy

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
    “He's very clumsy. I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.”
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adj

  1. Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
    “He's very clumsy. I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.”
  2. Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
    “It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now.”
    “What a clumsy joke”
    “The ravviſh danke of clumzie vvinter ramps / The fluent ſummers vaine: and drizling ſleete / Chilleth the vvan bleak cheek of the numd earth, / VVhilſt ſnarling guſts nibble the iuyceles leaues, / From the nak't ſhuddring branch; […]”
  3. Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.

noun

  1. (informal)A clumsy person.
    “On the stairs he met Ellen, the housemaid, and as he passed her he knocked the hot-water jug out of her hand. “Well, you are a clumsy,” said Ellen, as she bent down to mop up the water.”

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Etymology

Possibly from an alteration of clumsed (“benumbed”) or from clumse (“a stupid fellow; lout”) + -y. More at clumse.

Anagrams of clumsy

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