Word Meanings - CLODDISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish. Hawthorne. -- Clod"dish*ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CLODDISH)

• Clownish
• Bustic
• boorish
• bucolic
• Boeotian
• awkward
• clumsy
• cloddish
• untutored
• rude
• Lumpish
• Heavy
• sluggish

Related words: (words related to CLODDISH)

• AWKWARD SQUAD
  A squad of inapt recruits assembled for special drill.
• CLOWNISH
  Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward. "Clownish hands." Spenser. "Clownish mimic." Prior. -- Clown"ish*ly, adv. Syn. -- Coarse; rough; clumsy; awkward; ungainly; rude; uncivil; ill- bred; boorish; rustic;
• CLOWNISHNESS
  The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior. That plainness which the alamode people call clownishness. Locke.
• HEAVY-HEADED
  Dull; stupid. "Gross heavy-headed fellows." Beau. & Fl.
• BUCOLIC
  Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
• BOORISH
  Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly. -- Boor"ish*ly, adv. -- Boor"ish*ness, n. Which is in truth a gross and boorish opinion. Milton.
• CLUMSY
  benumbed, fr. clumsen to be benumbed; cf. Icel. klumsa lockjaw, dial. 1. Stiff or benumbed, as with cold. 2. Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made,
• SLUGGISH
  1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man. 2. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream. 3. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert. Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power
• HEAVY-ARMED
  Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.
• BUCOLICAL
  Bucolic.
• CLODDISH
  Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish. Hawthorne. -- Clod"dish*ness, n.
• HEAVY
  Having the heaves.
• LUMPISH
  Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless. " Lumpish, heavy, melancholy." Shak. -- Lump"ish*ly, adv. -- Lump"ish*ness, n.
• HEAVY SPAR
  Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals.
• HEAVY-HADED
  Clumsy; awkward.
• AWKWARD
  1. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy. And dropped an awkward courtesy.
• BOEOTIAN
  Of or pertaining to Boeotia; hence, stupid; dull; obtuse. -- n.
• TOP-HEAVY
  Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part. Sir H. Wotton.
• OVERHEAVY
  Excessively heavy.