ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsCclumsy
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clumsy
Meaning: moving or handling things in an awkward way
clumsy in a sentence
How clumsy is used in real sentences:
My clumsy hands knocked over the stack of empty cups.
Eli felt clumsy on roller skates and kept wobbling toward the wall.
“He was a clumsy climber, so a framed picture slipped behind him.”
— from the passage The Silver Key
Synonyms for clumsy
Other words for clumsy — awkward, bumbling and ungainly — carry the same meaning.
- awkward
- bumbling
- ungainly
Antonyms of clumsy
Words that mean the opposite of clumsy:
Where it comes from
From a dialect word clumse 'numb with cold'
Memory hook
Think 'CLUNK!'—the sound of bumping into a chair and knocking over a cup.