ungainly
معنی فارسی
زشت بي لطافت بي لطف نازموده
معنی کامل و مثالها
/-gān´lē/adj., adv.
● بدقواره، کت و کلفت، بیشاخ و دم، خشن، بدترکیب
● دست و پاچلفتی
● (قدیمی) با خشونت و زشتی
● نا خوشایند
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Middle English 'ungainly', equivalent to 'un-' + 'gainly'. First known use: 1611.
مثال
- The ungainly manner in which he walked.
- An ungainly piece of furniture.
- He was tall and ungainly.
ترکیبهای رایج
ungainly manner ungainly movement ungainly posture ungainly appearance
تعریف انگلیسی
- lacking grace in movement or posture “a gawky lad with long ungainly legs” “clumsy fingers” “what an ungainly creature a giraffe is” “heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair”
- difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape “an awkward bundle to carry” “a load of bunglesome paraphernalia” “clumsy wooden shoes” “the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl”
مترادفها
adjective
Clumsy, awkward, uncouth, uncourtly, inelegant, clownish, boorish, gawky, loutish, lubberly, lumbering, slouching, ungraceful, stiff.