cloddish

[klod-ish]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a clod or boor; doltish; stolid.

Other Word Forms

• cloddishly adverb
• cloddishness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cloddish¹

First recorded in 1835–45; clod + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Mitch’s cloddish rejection of her is all the more devastating after all that she has courageously bared to him.

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A cloddish barbarian in the presiding officer’s chair.

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They saw themselves as an “axis of adults,” Bolton writes disdainfully, who would steer Trump away from his cloddish foreign policy instincts and campaign promises.

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Its comforts were stuffy and cloddish, the heater, the padded chairs, the bed piled with furs, the rugs, drapes, wrappings, mufflings.

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The braless sex scene in question turns out to be a mini-Mad Men reunion in episode one, with actor Rich Sommer, previously known as Sterling Cooper’s cloddish media booker Harry Crane.

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Related Words

• boorish 
• cheap 
• clumsy 
• coarse 
• crass 
• indecent 
• lewd 
• obscene 
• rude 
• savage