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clunking

ADJECTIVE

cumbersome

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bulky burdensome embarrassing heavy inconvenient ponderous tiresome unwieldy

WEAK

clunker clunky cumbrous galumphing hefty incommodious leaden massive oppressive unhandy unmanageable wearisome weighty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aiding airy convenient easy fun helpful light small unburdensome

WEAK

graceful

ADJECTIVE

lumbering

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hulking ungainly unwieldy

STRONG

blundering bovine bumbling halting heavy overgrown splay

WEAK

clodhopping elephantine gauche gawky heavy-footed inept klutzy lead-footed lumpish maladroit ponderous two left feet unhandy wooden

Antonyms

WEAK

agile gliding lithe

Example Sentences

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Eight men sliding 16 stones down an ice sheet to the soundtrack of clunking granite, furious sweeping and hollered commands of "hard" and "curl".

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Daniels strode briskly to the stand, not looking at Trump, her shoes clunking on the floor.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024

Foul balls clunking loudly upon landing in the seats.

From Washington Times • Jul. 24, 2020

This type of wry evangelicalism was about as close to later English Puritanism as Italian eurocommunism would be to the clunking fist of Stalinism.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2018

Laughing and breathless, she touched the tree just seconds before Jojo did, her lunch bucket clunking against the trunk.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

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