cloddish
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- cloddishly adverb
- cloddishness noun
Etymology
Origin of cloddish
Example Sentences
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Mitch’s cloddish rejection of her is all the more devastating after all that she has courageously bared to him.
From Los Angeles Times
A cloddish barbarian in the presiding officer’s chair.
From Washington Post
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.
From Los Angeles Times
Its comforts were stuffy and cloddish, the heater, the padded chairs, the bed piled with furs, the rugs, drapes, wrappings, mufflings.
From Literature
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.
From The Guardian
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