clumsy

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈklʌmzi/ 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

Bulgarian: тромав (bg), несръчен (bg) 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) Persian: بد ترکیب (fa) (bad tarkib) Polish: niezdarny m. Portuguese: desajeitado (pt), atrapalhado (pt) Romanian: stângaci (ro), neîndemânatic (ro), greoi (ro) 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

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)

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