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Synonyms & Antonyms of wooden
lacking social grace and assurance
- an eminent scientist who was wooden in front of television cameras
Synonyms for wooden
- awkward,
- clumsy,
- gauche,
- graceless,
- inelegant,
- rough-hewn,
- rustic
- (also rustical),
- stiff,
- stilted,
- uncomfortable,
- uneasy,
- ungraceful
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“Wooden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wooden. Accessed 12 Apr. 2021.
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The first known use of wooden was in 1538
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