Very tall people can often be ungainly.
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Ungainly
//ʌnˈɡeɪnli//
Synonyms for "ungainly" (55 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (27)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
2 entriesetymologically related_to
4 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- непохватен adj (clumsy)
- тромав adj (difficult to move)
Catalan
1 entries- desmanyotat adj (clumsy)
Czech
4 entries- neobratný adj (clumsy)
- neohrabaný adj (clumsy)
- neohrabaný adj (difficult to move)
- nepraktický adj (difficult to move)
French
1 entries- maladroit adj (clumsy)
German
4 entries- plump adj (clumsy)
- unansehnlich adj (clumsy)
- unelegant adj (clumsy)
- ungelenk adj (clumsy)
Greek
2 entries- άγαρμπος adj (clumsy)
- δυσκίνητος adj (difficult to move)
Irish
2 entries- ainnis adj (clumsy)
- anásta adj (clumsy)
Japanese
1 entries- 不器用 adj (clumsy)
Māori
1 entries- ninipa adj (clumsy)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- klumsete adj (clumsy)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- onjeschekjt adj (clumsy)
Polish
1 entries- niezgrabny adj (clumsy)
Russian
2 entries- неповоротливый adj (difficult to move)
- неуклюжий adj (clumsy)
Spanish
2 entries- desgarbado adj (clumsy)
- revuelto adj (difficult to move)
Swedish
4 entries- klumpig adj (clumsy)
- otymplig adj (clumsy)
- otymplig adj (difficult to move)
- ovig adj (clumsy)
Turkish
4 entries- biçimsiz adj (clumsy)
- hantal adj (clumsy)
- hırpani adj (clumsy)
- kaba adj (clumsy)
Ukrainian
1 entries- незгра́бний adj (clumsy)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Tom's walk is rather ungainly.
Source: tatoeba (8551054)
The ogre's terrible size and strength were tempered only by its ungainly movement.
Source: tatoeba (12033013)
His ungainly movements on the dance floor drew everyone's attention.
Source: tatoeba (12079168)
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