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
Its comforts were stuffy and cloddish, the heater, the padded chairs, the bed piled with furs, the rugs, drapes, wrappings, mufflings.
From Literature
Not unlike its title character, the movie can be cloddish and clumsy, but it is also a thing of wily cleverness and lithe, surprising grace.
From Los Angeles Times
That was before the cloddish, obnoxious SUV took over limousine duties.
He picked up Fujiko’s bamboo flute, turned it over twice in his hands—small hands for such a thick, cloddish man—then set it on the dining room table.
From Literature
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