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bumbling [buhm-bling]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unskillful
Synonyms: awkward, blundering, bungling, butterfingered, clumsy, gauche, graceless, inept, maladroit, unpolished
Main Entry: clumsy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not agile; awkward
Synonyms: all thumbs, blundering, blunderous, bulky, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, clownish, crude, elephantine, gauche, gawkish, gawky, graceless, ham-handed, heavy, heavy-handed, helpless, hulking, ill-shaped, incompetent, inelegant, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, maladroit, oafish, ponderous, splay, stumbling, unable, unadept, uncoordinated, uncouth, undexterous, uneasy, ungainly, unhandy, unskillful, untactful, untalented, untoward, unwieldy, weedy
Antonyms: adroit, agile, athletic, clever, coordinated, couth, dexterous, expert, graceful
Main Entry: gauche
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: tactless, unsophisticated
Synonyms: awkward, bumbling, clumsy, crude, graceless, green, halting, ham-handed, heavy-handed, ignorant, ill-bred, ill-mannered, inelegant, inept, insensitive, lacking, maladroit, oafish, uncouth, uncultured, unhappy, unpolished, wooden
Antonyms: elegant, graceful, mannerly, polished, refined, sophisticated, tactful, tasteful
Main Entry: gawky
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: clumsy
Synonyms: awkward, bumbling, clownish, gauche, loutish, lumbering, lumpish, lumpy, maladroit, oafish, rude, rustic, splay, uncouth, ungainly
Antonyms: athletic, graceful, lithe
Main Entry: halting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hesitant
Synonyms: awkward, bumbling, claudicant, clumsy, doubtful, faltering, gauche, imperfect, indecisive, inept, irresolute, labored, limping, lumbering, maladroit, slow, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, tentative, uncertain, unhandy, vacillating, vacillatory, wavering, wooden
Antonyms: flowing, smooth, unhesitating
Main Entry: inept
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: clumsy, unskilled; incompetent
Synonyms: all thumbs, artless, awkward, bumbling, bungling, butterfingers, gauche, halting, inadept, incapable, incompetent, inefficient, inexpert, loser, maladroit, unapt, undexterous, unfacile, ungraceful, unhandy, unproficient, unskillful, wooden
Antonyms: able, adroit, competent, dexterous, fit, skilled, skillful
Main Entry: lumbering
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: clumsy, awkward
Synonyms: blundering, bovine, bumbling, clodhopping, clunking, elephantine, gauche, gawky, halting, heavy, heavy-footed, hulking, inept, klutzy, lead-footed, lumpish, maladroit, overgrown, ponderous, splay, two left feet, ungainly, unhandy, unwieldy, wooden
Antonyms: agile, gliding, lithe
Main Entry: maladroit
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: awkward, clumsy
Synonyms: all thumbs, blundering, bumbling, bungling, clunky, floundering, gauche, halting, heavy-handed, inept, inexpert, klutzy, lumbering, stumbling, two left feet, ungraceful, unhandy, unskillful
Notes: maladroit means clumsy or awkward or unskillful or inept; malapropos means unseasonable or unsuitable or inappropriate
Antonyms: able, capable, skillful
Main Entry: oafish
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: clumsy, stupid
Synonyms: all thumbs, blundering, blunderous, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, dumb, gawkish, gawky, graceless, half-witted, heavy-handed, idiotic, ignorant, inelegant, inept, klutzy, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, moronic, simple, simpleminded, slow, stumbling, uncoordinated, undexterous, ungainly, unintelligent
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