clumsy

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈklʌmzi/ X-SAMPA: /"klVmzi/

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Adjective

clumsy (comparative clumsier, superlative clumsiest)

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...

3. awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

Translations

awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous

• Armenian: անփույթ (hy) (anpʿuytʿ)
• Bulgarian: тромав (bg) (tromav), несръчен (bg) (nesrǎčen)
• Czech: nemotorný (cs) m
• Dutch: onhandig (nl), stuntelig (nl)
• Estonian: kohmakas (et)
• Finnish: kömpelö (fi)
• French: gauche (fr), maladroit (fr)
• German: tollpatschig (de), ungeschickt (de), unbeholfen (de), schwerfällig (de), plump (de), klobig (de)
• Greek: αδέξιος (el) (adéxios) 
• Hungarian: balkezes (hu), esetlen (hu), ügyetlen (hu)
• Irish: ciotach, tútach, liobarnach

• Italian: goffo (it), impacciato (it), maldestro (it)
• Jèrriais: maladrait
• Persian: بد ترکیب (fa) (bad tarkib)
• Polish: niezdarny m
• Portuguese: desajeitado (pt), atrapalhado (pt)
• Romanian: stângaci (ro), neîndemânatic (ro), greoi (ro)
• Romansch: maladester (rm)
• Russian: неуклюжий (ru) (n'eukl'úžij) , неловкий (ru) (n'elóvkij) , неповоротливый (ru) (n'epovorótlivyj) 
• Scottish Gaelic: cearbach (gd), liobasta (gd)
• Spanish: patoso (es) m, torpe (es), desmañado (es)
• Swedish: klumpig (sv), klantig (sv), drumlig (sv)

not elegant or well-planned

• Armenian: անշնորհք (hy) (anšnorhkʿ)
• Dutch: onhandig (nl)
• Estonian: rohmakas (et)
• Finnish: kömpelö (fi)
• German: tollpatschig (de), ungeschickt (de), plump (de), klobig (de)
• Hungarian: ügyetlen (hu), otromba (hu), szakszerűtlen (hu)

• Italian: malfatto (it), rozzo (it), sgraziato (it)
• Persian: قناس (fa) (qenâs)
• Romanian: grosolan (ro)
• Russian: грубый; некрасивый
• Spanish: torpe (es)
• Swedish: osmidig (sv)

awkward or inefficient in use or construction

• German: unbeholfen (de)
• Polish: niezgrabny m
• Romanian: grosolan (ro), butucănos (ro)

• Russian: неудобный (ru) (neudóbnyj) 
• Spanish: torpe (es)
• Swedish: otymplig (sv), klumpig (sv), svårhanterlig (sv)

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• Albanian: ngathët
• Arabic: أخرق
• Mandarin: 笨 (bèn)
• Esperanto: mallerta
• Georgian: უხეში (uxeši)
• Hebrew: גַּמְלוֹנִי
• Hindi: bedhanga, adaksha
• Indonesian: canggung
• Italian: impacciato
• Japanese: 繁雑 (はんざつ) (hanzatsu)
• Korean: 서투른 (sŏturŭn)
• Latvian: neveikls
• Mongolian: болхи (bolchi)
• Norwegian: klønet

• Persian: كيري
• Portuguese: desgracioso, desastrado
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: неспретан (sh)

  Roman: nespretan (sh)

• Slovak: nemotorný
• Swahili: dole
• Tagalog: tatanga-tanga, galawgaw, wala sa ayos
• Thai: ซุ่มซ่าม
• Turkish: hantal
• Ukrainian: незграбний (nezgrabnyj)
• Uyghur: kalanpay
• Vietnamese: vụng
• Welsh: afrosgo
• Yiddish: lepish

Noun

clumsy (plural clumsies)

1. (informal, fairly rare) A clumsy person.

Translations

clumsy person

• German: Tölpel (de) m

• Swedish: , klant (sv) c, drummel (sv) c

See also

• clumsies

Anagrams

• cumyls
• muscly