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ungainly

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of ungainly

awkward, clumsy, clunky, cranky, cumbersome, cumbrous, ponderous, unhandy, unwieldy
Words Related to ungainly

uncontrollable, unmanageable

bulky, elephantine, heavy, hulking, massive
Near Antonyms of ungainly

functional, practicable, practical, serviceable, useful
Antonyms of ungainly

handy
2 having or showing an inability to move in a graceful manner
  • The large dog was crushing any unlucky petunias that lay in the path of his ungainly tread.
Synonyms of ungainly

awkward, clumsy, gawkish, gawky, graceless, klutzy, uncoordinated
Words Related to ungainly

galumphing, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, shambling, shuffling, unsteady, wobbly (also wabbly)
Near Antonyms of ungainly

light, light-footed (also light-foot), lissome (also lissom), lithe, nimble, sure-footed
Antonyms of ungainly

coordinated, graceful

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