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ungainly
ungainly
adjective
Definition of UNGAINLY
1
difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design <getting the ungainly couch up the stairs was a real chore>
Synonyms awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, clunky, cranky, cumbrous, ponderous, ungainly, unhandy, unwieldy
Related Words uncontrollable, unmanageable; bulky, dinosaurian, dinosauric, elephantine, heavy, hulking, massive; impracticable, impractical
Antonyms handy
2
having or showing an inability to move in a graceful manner <the tree cutter was crushing any unlucky petunias that lay in the path of his ungainly tread>
Related Words galumphing, larruping [dialect], lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, shambling, shuffling, unsteady, wobbly (also wabbly)
Near Antonyms light, light-footed (also light-foot), lissome (also lissom), lithe, nimble, sure-footed
Antonyms coordinated, graceful
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