ungainly

Meaning of ungainly

noun

An ungainly person or thing.

adjective
  1. Clumsy; lacking grace.
  2. Difficult to move or to manage; unwieldy.
  3. Unsuitable; unprofitable.

adverb

In an ungainly or unbecoming manner; improperly; undeservedly, unduly; unsuitably.

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Hyphenation of ungainly

un-gainly

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • ungainly is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

ungainly synonyms

Meaning gawky:

gawky, clumsy, clunky, unwieldy

Meaning awkward:

awkward, bunglesome, clumsy

Anagrams of ungainly

guanylin, unlaying

Words that rhyme with ungainly

inly, captainly, certainly, disdainly, fainly, gainly, mainly, overplainly, plainly, uncertainly, unplainly, unvainly, vainly, beinly, Finly, ragamuffinly, virginly, overthinly, thinly, urchinly, bumpkinly, minikinly, maudlinly, unmaudlinly, verminly, cousinly, uncousinly, twinly, unwinly, winly

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