Ungainly

What do we mean by ungainly?

Lacking grace or ease of movement or form; clumsy. adjective

Difficult to move or use; unwieldy. adjective

Unfit; vain.

Awkward; clumsy; uncouth: as, an ungainly carriage.

Synonyms Uncouth, Bungling, etc. See awkward and clumsy.

In an awkward manner; clumsily; uncouthly.

In an ungainly manner. adverb

Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth. adjective

Unsuitable; unprofitable. adjective

Clumsy; lacking grace. adjective

Difficult to move or to manage; unwieldy. adjective

Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape adjective

Lacking grace in movement or posture adjective

An ungainly person or thing.

Words that are spelled similarly to ungainly:
ungainly, unmanly, unfairly, gainly, ungain, unsaintly, ungained.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word ungainly:
albatrosses, gregarious, nostrils, wading, plumage, awkward, worldwide, occur, birds, aquatic, slender, species, tall, land, fuselage, order, comprise, relatives, occurs, true, flying, bills, arrangement, appearance, characterized, usually, amongst, main, manner, dark, rear, medium, mainly, storm, largest, vehicle, recorded, looking, effective, proved, look, short.

Words that rhyme with ungainly:
mainly, plainly, vainly, humanely, gainly, sanely, ainley, elaine lee, hainley, jane lee, jane leigh, rainley, wayne lee.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective ungainly:
figure, appearance, man, body, form, person, fashion, creature, fowl, shape, bird, manner, way, gait, craft, creatures, legs, animal, thing, birds, structure, woman, walk, animals, boy, limbs, movements, attitude, beasts, youth, feet, head, forms, beast, fellow, girl, bodies, figures, child, bulk, make, heap, posture, attitudes, position, lad, proportions, building, monster, name, exterior, piece, movement, look, mass, object, gestures, dance, machine, visitor, vessel, stride, sort, style, strides, flight, size, frame, word, manners, shapes, steps, arms, postures, motion, vehicle, hands, dress, brute, pedant, monsters, length, build, sight, title, aspect, habit, wings, contraption, garments, giant, face, sprawl, lincoln, height, integrity, vessels.

Words that sound like ungainly:
ungainly, inanely, uncomely, uncanny, insanely, annoyingly, unkindly, uncannily, uncleanly, ungain, ungently, untimely, unseemly, ungodly, unevenly, unglue, benignly, unguent, unmanly, mcginley, ankeny, annelie, unguilty, ngoni, anelli, uncouthly, oniony, ungual, unfeignedly, incony, angeli, ungula, again, ugly, anomaly, unkind, unruly, engulf, unholy, uncool, unknowingly, mckinley, unchain, amelie, agains, uneasily, uncoil, engel, cunningly, innately, akali, enchained, uncalled, achille, unfunny, son-in-law, uncommonly, a milli, ugli, uncoiled, anomalie, anana, alonely, anela, ingulf, anello, anina, ameli, amole, undyingly, mckinlay, uncoils, inconnu, mundanely, insanie, unseeingly, agonia, mackinley, unclue, unsoundly, agana, anillo, unseelie, ungi, amilly, uncal, engagingly, uncunning, inconnue, unguents, engano, runningly, son in law, unclew.