heavy-footed

[hev-ee-foot-id]

adjective

1. clumsy or ponderous, as in movement or expressiveness.

   music that is heavy-footed and uninspired.

heavy-footed

adjective

1. having a heavy or clumsy tread

Other Word Forms

• heavy-footedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of heavy-footed¹

First recorded in 1615–25

Related Words

• hulking 
• ungainly 
• unwieldy