Advertisement
Advertisement
ill-shaped
adjective as in clumsy
Weak matches
- all thumbs
- blundering
- blunderous
- bumbling
- bungling
- butterfingered
- clownish
- crude
- elephantine
- gauche
- gawkish
- gawky
- graceless
- ham-handed
- heavy
- helpless
- hulking
- incompetent
- inelegant
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- lubberly
- lumbering
- lumpish
- maladroit
- oafish
- splay
- stumbling
- unable
- unadept
- uncoordinated
- uncouth
- undexterous
- uneasy
- unhandy
- unskillful
- untactful
- untalented
- untoward
- weedy
Advertisement
Discover More
Example Sentences
Near by me on the ground lay a ragged limb, cut from some tree by the pruners, now dry, tough and not ill-shaped for a club.
They were creatures of ungainly forms—in make and size not unlike large ill-shaped dogs—and of a greenish-brown colour.
A microscope will prove the most boasted performances of art to be ill-shaped, rugged, and uneven.
The ill-shaped body seemed but a case for a soul the fairness of which did shine through the foul lineaments which enclosed it.
Without, the house was clumsy and ill-shaped, the product perhaps of an uncouth workman of past generations.
Synonym of the day
Start each day with the Synonym of the Day in your inbox!
By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.
On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ill-shaped, such as: bulky, heavy-handed, inept, ponderous, ungainly, and unwieldy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse