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 Words From

• heavy-footed·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of heavy-footed¹

First recorded in 1615–25

Example Sentences

The running machines are a gloomy chorus of heavy-footed stomping.

From The Daily Beast

He pushed it with his foot to the side of the road and was down into the cutting before the heavy-footed neighbours came up.

From Project Gutenberg

For another mile the now tired and discouraged house-breaker plodded, heavy footed, the unending road.

From Project Gutenberg

These are infinitely more dangerous than the relatively clumsy, heavy-footed, grazing animal.

From Project Gutenberg

All was clear to her, all bright, all real, in "the beyond;" but that kind of evidence is above the realm of heavy-footed reason.

From Project Gutenberg

Heavy-footed Susan went up through the corridors and looked to the lowering of the lights.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• hulking
• ungainly
• unwieldy