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Defenition of the word ungainly

    • Defenition of the word ungainly

      • difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
      • lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
      • lacking grace in movement or posture
      • difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

    Synonyms for the word ungainly

      • awkward
      • bunglesome
      • clumsy
      • clunky
      • gawky
      • graceless
      • hulking
      • inelegant
      • lumbering
      • maladroit
      • mean
      • miserly
      • niggardly
      • shambling
      • tightfisted
      • ungraceful
      • unwieldy

    Similar words in the ungainly

      • awkward
      • ungainly
      • unmanageable
      • unwieldy

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