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 • Mar. 11, 2025
There’s the cloddish desperation of the strategy, summed up by its designer.
From Slate • Aug. 24, 2020
That was before the cloddish, obnoxious SUV took over limousine duties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2016
In Gallipoli, Connor meets another cloddish British officer and forms a manly friendship with a wise Turkish army officer.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2015
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 "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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