Synonyms and antonyms of Describing clumsiness and awkward movements in British Thesaurus

clumsy (adjective)

a clumsy person moves in a way that is not careful or graceful, and breaks things or knocks against them

awkward (adjective)

slightly wrong and not attractive or graceful

ungainly (adjective)

not moving in an attractive or graceful way

wooden (adjective)

a dancer who is wooden moves in a very stiff way that does not look natural or graceful

uncoordinated (adjective)

not graceful or able to control how you move

heavy (adjective)

used about a way of moving that is slow and not graceful

jerky (adjective)

a jerky movement consists of several separate short movements

convulsive (adjective)

convulsive movements are violent and difficult to control

have two left feet ()

to be not at all graceful when you move, dance, or play sport

be all fingers and thumbs ()

to be unable to do a small difficult job because you cannot control your fingers well enough

accident-prone (adjective)

likely to hurt yourself or break something as a result of an accident

awkwardly (adverb)

with difficulty or in a way that is not graceful

butterfingers (noun)

informal someone who has a tendency to drop things

clodhopper (noun)

informalold-fashioned someone who often accidentally breaks things or knocks things over

doddering (adjective)

shaking slightly when you are walking or moving, especially because you are old

flat-footed (adjective)

Britishinformal not quick or graceful when you move

halting (adjective)

with a lot of pauses between words or movements, often because of a lack of confidence

heavy-handed (adjective)

not showing delicate, graceful, or skilful qualities

jarring (adjective)

making your body move suddenly and unexpectedly

klutz (noun)

mainly Americaninformal someone who often drops things or has accidents

robotic (adjective)

used for describing very stiff movements of someone’s body, for example in some types of modern dancing

stilted (adjective)

stilted movements or words are not relaxed and natural