Usually means: Lacking finesse, grace; awkward, clumsy.
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  1. cloddish: Merriam-Webster
  2. cloddish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cloddish: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cloddish: Vocabulary.com
  5. cloddish: Wordnik
  6. cloddish: Wiktionary
  7. cloddish: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Cloddish, cloddish: Dictionary.com
  9. Cloddish: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. cloddish: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. cloddish: Rhymezone
  12. Cloddish: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. cloddish: FreeDictionary.org
  14. cloddish: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Cloddish: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cloddish: Encyclopedia

(Note: See clod as well.)

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▸ adjective:  Like a clod, a person who is foolish, stupid or parochial.
▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to lumpy soil.

Similar:
doltish, stupid, clodpated, clottish, clodhopperish, clodded, clouterly, lumpish, clorty, clownish, more...

Opposite:
sophisticated, refined, cultured, elegant

Types:
clodhopper, clodpate, clodpoll, clodpudding, more...

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Similar:
doltish, stupid, clodpated, clottish, clodhopperish, clodded, clouterly, lumpish, clorty, clownish, more...

Opposite:
sophisticated, refined, cultured, elegant

Types:
clodhopper, clodpate, clodpoll, clodpudding, more...



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