cloddish

[ klod-ish ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a clod or boor; doltish; stolid.

Other Words From

• cloddish·ly adverb
• cloddish·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cloddish¹

First recorded in 1835–45; clod + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Raw-boned, angular, cloddish but as strong as a mule, he towered over her in a maddening atmosphere of proprietorship.

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Two cloddish-looking contadini stood gazing at him, rapt in awe.

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The historian remarks: "The cloddish, shiftless farmer is perhaps safer in Massachusetts."

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There is something in a moonlit night at sea that must touch in the most cloddish heart a spring of fancy.

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It should rather be an expression of his grand unnatural remoteness from the cloddish life.

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Related Words

• boorish
• cheap
• clumsy
• coarse
• crass
• indecent
• lewd
• obscene
• rude
• savage