clodhopping

Definition of clodhoppingnext

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Adjective
  • But the tournament will also be remembered for a classless and churlish Argentina, which forever stained itself with a thuggish performance in the game and an ungracious one afterward.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • If Vance now recognizes his comments as churlish, lacking in charity, and utterly unlikely to persuade voters, much less witness to the sublime truths of the Christian religion, good for him.
    Matthew Walther, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Adjective
  • People had used rude words on television before, but never in such uncouth tones as Lydon and Jones in a regional ITV interview on 1 December 1976.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Aug. 2026
  • His gruff mechanic Cooter Davenport is introduced as a hell-raising, uncouth wild man, constantly taunting the authorities and flouting convention.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The most surprising appearance of all, however, is that of longtime media executive Jeff Zucker, tearing into a boorish version of himself.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The poem tells us of 12 slave girls who sleep with Penelope’s boorish suitors.
    Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
Adjective
  • The composure of Amélie, and the decidedly wild and clownish manner in which she’s painted, can’t be tamed into order, elegance, or beauty.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • In each of those projects, Johnson created a role for himself, typically a clownish dreamer.
    Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Indeed, the polar opposite of both Number One’s icy demeanor and Chapel’s long-suffering yearning, Majel is remembered by friends and colleagues as a boisterous, brassy, take-no-prisoners presence.
    Scott Huver, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
  • As Judy goes barreling down the street, people stare, drivers yell, and the brassy Brooklynite throws up a finger.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Oasis’s loutish laddishness represented all the worst bits of modern Britain.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the palace has been besieged by loutish suitors, led by the scheming Antinous (Robert Pattinson), all of them vying for the queen’s hand in remarriage and mooching off the absent king’s food and wine.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Adjective
  • Lizzie and Bridget’s Relationship in Monster The show quickly portrays a dynamic between Lizzie and Bridget, with Bridget’s brash, uninhibited manner drawing out the more reserved and stoic Lizzie.
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • His restrained demeanor contrasts with Moreno, the brash former car dealer who entered politics as an outsider.
    Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Teaching the history of the Jayhawkers and Tigers is fine; using them to talk trash in the sports realm is disrespectful and embarrassing.
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Getting the book today is a little disrespectful and a little disappointing.
    Veronica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
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“Clodhopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clodhopping. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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