English-Thai Dictionary

clumsy

ADJ ซุ่มซ่าม  เร่อร่า  เซอะ  เซ่อซ่า  awkward ungraceful lumbering lubberly graceful adroit skillful sum-sam

 

clumsy

ADJ ไม่ คล่อง  ไม่ชำนาญ ใน การ ใช้  งุ่มง่าม  เงอะงะ  unhandy unskillful maladroit inexpert adroit skillful mai-klong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLUMSY

a.s as z. [from clump, lump. ] 1. Properly, short and thick, like a clump or lump. Hence,
2. Moving heavily, slowly or awkwardly; as clumsy fingers.
3. Awkward; ungainly; unhandy; artless; without readiness, dexterity or grace; as a clumsy man; a clumsy fellow.
4. Ill-made; badly constructed; as a clumsy garment; clumsy verse.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CLUMSY

Clum "sy, a. [Compar. Clumsier; superl. Clumsiest.] Etym: [OE. clumsed benumbed, fr. clumsen to be benumbed; cf. Icel. klumsa lockjaw, dial. Sw. klummsen benumbed with cold. Cf. 1st Clam, and 1st Clamp. ]

 

1. Stiff or benumbed, as with cold. [Obs. ]

 

2. Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse. But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed. Dryden.

 

Syn. -- See Awkward.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

clumsy

clum sy |ˈkləmzē ˈkləmzi | ▶adjective ( clumsier, clumsiest ) awkward in movement or in handling things: a terribly clumsy fellow | the cold made his fingers clumsy. • done awkwardly or without skill or elegance: a clumsy attempt to park | a clumsy remake of an old movie. • difficult to handle or use; unwieldy: chairs with clumsy wooden armrests | the legal procedure is far too clumsy. • lacking social skills and graces: his choice of words was clumsy. DERIVATIVES clum si ly |-zəlē |adverb, clum si ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from obsolete clumse ‘make numb, be numb, ’ probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish klumsig.

 

Oxford Dictionary

clumsy

clumsy |ˈklʌmzi | ▶adjective ( clumsier, clumsiest ) awkward in movement or in handling things: the cold made his fingers clumsy. • done awkwardly or without skill: a very clumsy attempt to park. • difficult to handle or use; unwieldy: clumsy devices | the legal procedure is far too clumsy. • lacking social skills; tactless: his choice of words was clumsy. DERIVATIVES clumsily adverb, clumsiness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from obsolete clumse ‘make or be numb ’, probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish klumsig.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

clumsy

clumsy adjective 1 she was terribly clumsy: awkward, uncoordinated, ungainly, graceless, inelegant; inept, maladroit, unskillful, unhandy, accident-prone, like a bull in a china shop, all thumbs; informal ham-fisted, butterfingered, having two left feet, klutzy. ANTONYMS graceful. 2 a clumsy contraption: unwieldy, cumbersome, bulky, awkward. ANTONYMS elegant. 3 a clumsy remark: gauche, awkward, graceless; unsubtle, uncouth, boorish, crass; tactless, insensitive, thoughtless, undiplomatic, indelicate, ill-judged. ANTONYMS tactful.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

clumsy

clumsy adjective 1 in her haste she was clumsy: awkward, uncoordinated, ungainly, graceless, ungraceful, inelegant, gawky, gauche, gangling, cloddish, blundering, lumbering; bungling, bumbling, fumbling, inept, maladroit, unskilful, inexpert, unhandy, accident-prone, like a bull in a china shop, all fingers and thumbs; informal cack-handed, ham-fisted, ham-handed, butterfingered, with two left feet, hulking; N. Amer. informal klutzy. ANTONYMS graceful. 2 a clumsy contraption: unwieldy, unmanageable, cumbersome, bulky, hulking, heavy, solid, awkward, unmanoeuvrable. ANTONYMS elegant. 3 he said a clumsy farewell: gauche, awkward, graceless, unpolished, unsubtle, crude, uncouth, boorish, crass; tactless, insensitive, thoughtless, inconsiderate, undiplomatic, indelicate, impolitic, injudicious, ill-judged. ANTONYMS tactful.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

clumsy

clum sy /klʌ́mzi /形容詞 -sier ; -siest 1 〈人が 〉 «…について » 不器用な , 下手な ; 〈動作が 〉ぎこちない (awkward ) «at , in , with » ▸ clumsy fingers 不器用な指 .2 〈物が 〉 (大きく 重くて )扱いにくい , ぶかっこうな ; 扱いづらい .3 〈行為 発言が 〉不注意な ▸ a clumsy excuse まずい言い訳 cl ú m si ly 副詞 不器用に, ぎこちなく .cl ú m si ness 名詞 U 不器用さ, ぎこちなさ .