cloddish
- adjective
- /ˈklɒdɪʃ/
- Offensive
:
patán
Examples
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Kay felt cloddish.
Fiction book (1999) -
"A force as mystically influential as moonlight, which plays a great role in this play, cannot in fact be conveyed in such a cloddish manner.
Academic text (1998) -
Based on your cloddish posts here, I'll posit that you've paraded your ignorance in goober-level harangues many times over the years.
Blog text (3) -
Wise men abound who have devoted their lives to self-education, but the common people still stand awestruck when an otherwise cloddish witling declares before them, "I went to Yale."
Fiction book (2002) -
His cloddish behavior at the party made everyone uncomfortable.
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She left the meeting feeling cloddish after misunderstanding the main points.
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Though he meant well, his cloddish remarks offended several guests.
Synonyms
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9.3
Not very smart and acting in a foolish way
Being very foolish and clumsy in how someone thinks or acts
Antonyms
How Awkward
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word cloddish comes from the simple word clod, meaning a 'lump' of earth, plus the ending -ish that turns it into an adjective. Think of a heavy lump—slow, clumsy, and a bit rough—and you can see why cloddish means awkward, unpolished, or a little stupid.