clodhopping

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clodhopping
Adjective
  • Read more: How the Low-Stakes Murder Mystery Took Over Pop Culture Advertisement Still, The Thursday Murder Club is so good-natured, and so gorgeous to look at, that to carp about it just seems churlish.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The pure of heart among you may recoil at the notion that anyone would sow brutish chaos, hurt vulnerable people and throw any semblance of democracy under the bus for a churlish, vicious distraction.
    Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The series offers Whitford his latest opportunity to express general bemusement with the American political process, this time sporting a bushy white beard, and Whigham his latest opportunity to be an uncouth bull in an otherwise genteel china shop.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Every unflattering photo and uncouth inside joke will come to light.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Kimmel, like Stephen Colbert, went from acting as boorish right-wing caricatures to playing themselves — that is, liberals who dislike Trump and support vaccines.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Depicting Americans as arrogant, loud, boorish and demeaning of other cultures, the term has stuck and is still mentioned 60-plus years later.
    Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Those long familiar with Pratt’s clownish agent-of-chaos persona both onscreen and on their social feeds may find his latest role disorienting.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The combo together ensures that the lip doesn't look clownish.
    Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • On the third day of the summit, participants were led on a tour of Brightline’s Orlando maintenance facility by Tom Rutkowski, the company’s vice president and chief mechanical officer, a former general superintendent for New Jersey Transit, and a charming, brassy host.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Weirdly brassy dye job aside, Clarke is impressively natural as Alex’s easy smiles and superficial charm give way to flop sweat and nervous tics.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This was like loutish English tourists turning up unannounced and urinating in the holy water.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • And Gandolfini, who died of a heart attack in 2013 at age 51, was the show’s tempestuous soul, playing a loutish killer with a quick temper and sad eyes.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The 75-year-old Lavrov has also honed a brash, confrontational style of diplomacy that has often matched Putin’s imperial aspirations.
    Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • His bold role as a military officer might rub some the wrong way on character alone, but there's no denying how the industry will receive such a brash performance.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Both mother and daughter say the district has been disrespectful toward them during the reporting process.
    Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 7 Nov. 2025
  • To trash another girl is beyond disrespectful.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Clodhopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clodhopping. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.

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