clunky
Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersomeUngainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.
Meaning
2 senses(informal)Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.
That tomboy's clothing is rather clunky.
klobig, schwerfällig
неуклюжийneukljužij
Being or making a clunk sound.
making a clunking sound
Examples
4 sentencesIt's old and clunky.
ruОн старый и громоздкий. — odexed
Tom thinks that the new reddit app is much clunkier than the one he's currently using.
Том вважає, що новий апп для перегляду редіту набагато незграбніший, ніж той, що він зараз використовує. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
The UX of the app is really clunky.
"Did I express it right?" "It just sounds a bit clunky." "Then how do you think I should say it?"
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From clunk + -y.From clunk + -y.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
clunkier, clunkiestSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.