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What is another word for
ungainly
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Clumsy or awkward in movement
Awkward because of size or shape
Having awkward (especially lanky) bodily proportions
Uptight or unfriendly in nature
Adjective
▲
Clumsy or awkward in movement
awkward
clumsy
gawky
inelegant
graceless
uncoordinated
lumbering
ungraceful
gauche
blundering
bumbling
bungling
inept
maladroit
bovine
butterfingered
gawkish
inexpert
klutzy
lubberly
oafish
stiff
unhandy
unskilful
unwieldy
hulking
loutish
unco
uncouth
wooden
slouching
all thumbs
cack-handed
ham-fisted
ham-handed
like a bull in a china shop
clodhopping
heavy-handed
ponderous
clownish
unskillful
unpolished
stumbling
incompetent
cloddish
gangling
crude
rude
all fingers and thumbs
lumpish
coarse
unrefined
rustic
shambling
amateurish
churlish
cumbersome
rough
unsophisticated
boorish
heavy
uncultured
handless
elephantine
clunky
unskilled
uncultivated
ill-bred
undexterous
botched
green
rough-hewn
unadept
uncivil
floundering
crass
heavy-footed
stilted
indelicate
with two left feet
hick
hillbilly
unmannerly
raw
flat-footed
backwoods
two left feet
bulky
gross
artless
vulgar
laborious
butterfingers
labored
US
laboured
UK
unfit
uncivilized
US
doltish
common
low
barbaric
stolid
plebeian
blunderous
unsteady
stupid
hooligan
provincial
philistine
having two left feet
having two left hands
bearish
primitive
impolite
discourteous
savage
dull
inexperienced
lumpen
ungenteel
indecorous
ungentlemanly
impertinent
ungallant
disrespectful
unseemly
disgracious
unladylike
classless
roughneck
tasteless
lowbrow
barbarian
lowbred
yobbish
raffish
rugged
incult
illiberal
barbarous
foolish
left-handed
slobbish
improper
not agile
all thumbs
uncivilised
UK
raunchy
Neanderthal
loud
bad-mannered
ill-mannered
foul-mouthed
uncalled-for
loud-mouthed
useless
shuffling
fumbly
inapt
untrained
inadept
unproficient
obtuse
inefficient
lurching
muddled
coltish
unfortunate
clunking
unworkmanlike
careless
guileless
naive
ingenuous
skill-less
out of your depth
lethargic
slow
unwieldly
clumpy
ignorant
uneducated
nervous
unworldly
bashful
splay
shy
nervy
gangly
fumbled
socially unsure
socially awkward
fumbling
untalented
accident-prone
insensible
offensive
uneasy
uncomfortable
tactless
amateur
rustical
unsubtle
unprofessional
untactful
undiplomatic
injudicious
impolitic
unqualified
incapable
insensitive
gruff
inadequate
thoughtless
inferior
ill-judged
substandard
nonprofessional
unfitted
dilettante
dilettantish
simple
poor
ineffectual
jackleg
unpractised
indiscreet
harsh
hopeless
cowboy
rash
deficient
hasty
rough-and-tumble
rough-and-ready
not up to scratch
inproficient
ill at ease
unable
botching
unproductive
ineffective
rudimentary
imprudent
geeky
sheepish
brash
makeshift
menial
unpolitic
nerdy
weak
unequipped
slow-moving
undependable
inurbane
socially inept
unreliable
rough and ready
undeveloped
no good
jerry-built
jury-rigged
jerry-rigged
not good enough
lacking ability
bad
socially anxious
socially incompetent
socially lacking
self-conscious
unnatural
slipshod
backwards
ambilevous
unartful
unfacile
uptight
discomposed
unconfident
unsuccessful
mutton-fisted
parochial
agrestic
callow
lumpy
plain
embarrassed
halting
faltering
claudicant
limping
uneven
hobbling
sharp
blunt
unwise
inadvisable
unsavoury
UK
unsavory
US
ungracious
unschooled
brutish
thuggish
unthinking
unperceptive
lacking in social grace
lacking in social graces
subpar
suboptimal
negligent
callous
untaught
plebby
swinish
ornery
cantankerous
countrified
ocker
base
unpoised
straightforward
precipitate
impotent
manual
labouring
UK
unaccomplished
unversed
bum
shiftless
feckless
inefficacious
feeble
worthless
unpracticed
out-of-line
ill-advised
blue-collar
laboring
US
not up to
inconsiderate
wasteful
uneconomical
unsystematic
profligate
purposeless
dorky
misplaced
disoriented
unsuited
pathetic
out of one's element
wanting
unsuitable
insufficient
time-wasting
badly arranged
lacking
ineligible
disqualified
incapacitated
unapt
helpless
uninitiated
unadapted
farcical
not equal to
a dead loss
uncomplicated
elementary
bush-league
not much cop
not cut out for
basic
not up to snuff
leaving much to be desired
less capable
not have it
unable to do something for toffee
out to lunch
not up to it
unprocessed
inartistic
roughly-made
imperfect
rudimental
roughhewn
unfinished
roughly made
approximate
unprecise
inexact
imprecise
unfashioned
more ❯
“I realized that I had been entertaining them for over an hour with my
ungainly
attempts at mastering a skill they had possessed all their lives.”
Adjective
▲
Awkward because of size or shape
unwieldy
clunky
cumbersome
cumbrous
awkward
bunglesome
ponderous
unhandy
unmanageable
bulky
inconvenient
clumsy
cranky
heavy
burdensome
hulking
unmanoeuvrable
hefty
lumbersome
incommodious
troublesome
massive
weighty
onerous
difficult
gross
impractical
ill-shaped
oppressive
ill-arranged
leaden
clunking
galumphing
ill-contrived
fiddly
tricky
a devil
lumbering
hard to use
large
big
great
huge
substantial
gigantic
enormous
immense
colossal
vast
considerable
mammoth
monumental
sizeable
oversized
giant
tremendous
sizable
prodigious
grand
gargantuan
monstrous
titanic
humongous
elephantine
voluminous
mountainous
jumbo
whopping
monster
mighty
stupendous
oversize
handsome
astronomical
mega
ginormous
goodly
husky
largish
epic
thumping
Brobdingnagian
tidy
outsize
whacking
biggish
outsized
major
overgrown
inordinate
boxcar
unlimited
high
long
girthy
king-size
king-sized
king size
very large
thumping great
whopping great
whacking great
man-size
of considerable size
man-sized
giant-sized
giant-size
dirty great
cyclopean
herculean
gigantesque
extensive
bumper
cosmic
astronomic
heroic
humungous
super-duper
leviathan
cosmical
pharaonic
walloping
galactic
super
towering
supersize
vasty
supersized
oceanic
heroical
planetary
Himalayan
Herculean
very big
brobdingnagian
ample
stellar
generous
blimp
capacious
immeasurable
Bunyanesque
mastodonic
whale of a
wide
spacious
broad
expansive
significant
comprehensive
boundless
behemoth
whaling
massy
excessive
infinite
limitless
grandiose
almighty
good
substantive
respectable
pythonic
healthy
burly
decent
strapping
imposing
solid
roomy
tall
extreme
commodious
mondo
barn door
beefy
abundant
serious
incalculable
formidable
sensible
behemothic
endless
not inconsiderable
lofty
eternal
decent-sized
staggering
extra-large
princely
interminable
illimitable
mahoosive
measureless
extravagant
titan
exorbitant
megalithic
unbounded
Cyclopean
good-size
good-sized
a whale of a
super colossal
full-size
super-colossal
extraordinary
cracking
hulky
powerful
brawny
monolithic
liberal
loaded
copious
fat
gravid
appreciable
greater
larger
mastodontic
ominous
reasonable
comfortable
bonny
magnificent
swelled
thundering
fair-size
great big
socking great
economy-size
deep
life-size
magnific
fair-sized
economy-sized
family-sized
family-size
whopper
macro
terrific
widespread
fairly large
heavyweight
statuesque
kingly
laden
heavy-laden
chunky
not to be sneezed at
lavish
awesome
expanded
overwhelming
sweeping
prolific
plenteous
mundo
detailed
Gargantuan
extremely large
extremely big
larger-than-life
jumbo-sized
all-inclusive
far-flung
spread-out
stretched-out
never-ending
very great
far-reaching
Moby
more ❯
“With the
ungainly
camera clamped to his body and hooked up to the sound gear carried by his assistant, he was at least freed from the tyranny of the tripod.”
Adjective
▲
Having awkward (especially lanky) bodily proportions
gangling
gangly
lanky
rangy
spindling
spindly
wiry
stringy
skinny
thin
bony
scrawny
gaunt
angular
spare
skeletal
gawky
leggy
tall
awkward
lumbering
inelegant
uncoordinated
ungraceful
graceless
skin-and-bones
size-zero
spindle-shanked
long-limbed
loosely jointed
loosely built
like a bag of bones
long-legged
spidery
rawboned
unco
loose-jointed
lean
emaciated
scraggy
lank
slender
slim
undernourished
raw-boned
underweight
beanpole
starved
pinched
beanstalk
twiggy
meager
US
underfed
meagre
UK
reedy
weedy
attenuated
cadaverous
lithe
wasted
haggard
puny
thin as a rake
slight
anorexic
skin and bones
svelte
willowy
narrow
stalky
anorectic
fleshless
fragile
twiglike
featherweight
macilent
fatless
wizened
stick
hungry
delicate
attenuate
shriveled
US
rickety
slinky
small
rarefied
threadlike
lightweight
wan
ethereal
boney
starveling
shrivelled
UK
very thin
hollow-cheeked
all skin and bones
thin as a rail
undersized
shadow
bare
withered
malnourished
tenuous
rattleboned
little
broomstick
sylphlike
waifish
gracile
half-starved
skin-and-bone
scraggly
skin and bone
stick-like
as thin as a rake
looking like a bag of bones
wraithlike
elongated
frail
feeble
stilted
extenuated
weak
underdeveloped
lissom
trim
sinewy
stringbean
skeleton
long
light
ultrathin
sticklike
slightly built
pint-sized
no fat
like a skeleton
like a matchstick
as thin as a reed
storky
waiflike
like a rail
peaked
more ❯
“He was an
ungainly
figure and when he danced, many whistled, hooted, and laughed at him.”
Adjective
▲
Uptight or unfriendly in nature
stiff
reserved
unfriendly
cold
uptight
constrained
standoffish
aloof
pompous
chilly
stand-offish
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