cloddish
[ klod-ish ]
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adjective
of, relating to, or resembling a clod or boor; doltish; stolid.
Origin of cloddish
1Other words from cloddish
- clod·dish·ly, adverb
- clod·dish·ness, noun
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How to use cloddish in a sentence
Raw-boned, angular, cloddish but as strong as a mule, he towered over her in a maddening atmosphere of proprietorship.
Desert Dust | Edwin L. SabinTwo cloddish-looking contadini stood gazing at him, rapt in awe.
A Girl Among the Anarchists | Isabel MeredithThe historian remarks: "The cloddish, shiftless farmer is perhaps safer in Massachusetts."
A Truthful Woman in Southern California | Kate SanbornThere is something in a moonlit night at sea that must touch in the most cloddish heart a spring of fancy.
The Shoes of Fortune | Neil MunroIt should rather be an expression of his grand unnatural remoteness from the cloddish life.
Crome Yellow | Aldous Huxley
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