CLODHOPPING Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

clodhopping

adjective

Definition of clodhopping

as in churlish

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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

Definition of churlish

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

Definition of uncouth

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

Definition of boorish

Adjective

This is our introduction to He and She, two clownish, pugilistic lovers who are locked in a war of words, even as a literal war rages outside.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
In each of those projects, Johnson created a role for himself, typically a clownish dreamer.

— Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of clownish

Adjective

Celebrity stylist Tracey Cunningham also took the actor from ombré bronde to a dimensional creamy-vanilla blonde without a brassy strand in sight.

— Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of brassy

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

Definition of loutish

Adjective

Rounding things out is a black-and-white leather interior, a brash graphics package, and a set of white 18-inch Nismo LGMT2 wheels.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2026
Pollsters approach this year’s midterm elections dogged by high-profile misfires in recent elections while facing challenges from brash rivals intent on reshaping the landscape of political forecasts.

— W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of brash

Adjective

The professor said the event was disrespectful to Jews because pork is not kosher, and the event fell on Sukkot, a major Jewish holiday, as well as Shabbat, the Jewish sabbath.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of disrespectful

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