English-Thai Dictionary

ungainly

ADJ ไม่ สง่างาม  งุ่มง่าม  ไม่น่า ดู  awkward mai-sa-nga-ngam

 

ungainly

ADV อย่าง ไม่ สง่างาม  อย่าง เทอะทะ  อย่าง อุ้ยอ้าย  อย่าง เก้ๆ  กังๆ  อย่าง งุ่มง่าม  clumsily yang-mai-sa-nga-ngam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNGAINLY

a.Not expert or dextrous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as an ungainly strut in walking. [I believe ungain is not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNGAINLY

Un *gain "ly, a. Etym: [OE. ungeinliche, adv. , fr. ungein inconvenient; un- + Icel. gegn ready, serviceable; adv. , against, opposite. See Un- not, and Gain, a., Again. ]

 

1. Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking. His ungainly figure and eccentric manners. Macaulay.

 

2. Unsuitable; unprofitable. [Obs. ] Hammond.

 

UNGAINLY

UNGAINLY Un *gain "ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an ungainly manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ungainly

un gain ly |ˌənˈgānlē ˌənˈɡeɪnli | ▶adjective (of a person or movement ) awkward; clumsy: an ungainly walk. DERIVATIVES un gain li ness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from un- 1 ‘not ’ + obsolete gainly ‘graceful, ’ based on Old Norse gegn ‘straight. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

ungainly

un |gain ¦ly |ʌnˈgeɪnli | ▶adjective (of a person or movement ) awkward; clumsy: an ungainly walk. DERIVATIVES ungainliness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from un- 1 ‘not ’ + obsolete gainly ‘graceful ’, based on Old Norse gegn ‘straight ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ungainly

ungainly adjective they were as ungainly as fifth-grade boys taking dance lessons in a foot of snow: awkward, clumsy, klutzy, ungraceful, graceless, inelegant, gawky, maladroit, gauche, uncoordinated; archaic lubberly. ANTONYMS graceful.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ungainly

ungainly adjective an uncouth man with an ungainly walk: awkward, clumsy, ungraceful, graceless, inelegant, gawky, gangling, maladroit, gauche, inept, blundering, bungling, bumbling, lumbering, uncoordinated; inexpert, unskilful, unhandy, oafish, bovine, like a bull in a china shop; informal cack-handed, ham-fisted, ham-handed, butterfingered, all thumbs, hulking; archaic lubberly. ANTONYMS graceful, elegant.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ungainly

ù n g á in ly 形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈人 動物などの動作が 〉 (大き過ぎて )ぎこちない, 不格好な (clumsy ).2 扱いにくい .ù n g á in li ness 名詞