ungainly | Definition of ungainly

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, bunglesome, clumsy, clunky, cranky, cumbersome, cumbrous, ponderous, unhandy, unwieldy

Words Related to ungainly

uncontrollable, unmanageable

bulky, dinosaurian, dinosauric, elephantine, heavy, hulking, massive

impracticable, impractical

Near Antonyms of ungainly

functional, practicable, practical, serviceable, useful

Antonyms of ungainly

2 having or showing an inability to move in a graceful manner

the tree cutter 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, larruping [dialect], 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