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单词 cack-handed
释义

cack-handed

adjective

cack-hand·​ed ˈkak-ˌhan-dəd How to pronounce cack-handed (audio)
1
British : left-handed sense 1
2
British : clumsy, awkward

Synonyms

  • awkward
  • butterfingered
  • clumsy
  • graceless
  • ham-fisted
  • ham-handed
  • handless
  • heavy-handed
  • left-handed
  • maladroit
  • unhandy
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Word History

Etymology

English dialect cack, keck awkward

First Known Use

circa 1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1

cack-handed

adjective

British
as in clumsy
lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands some duffer with a cack-handed grip on his golf club

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • clumsy
  • awkward
  • ham-fisted
  • butterfingered
  • ham-handed
  • maladroit
  • handless
  • unhandy
  • graceless
  • heavy-handed
  • all thumbs
  • uncoordinated
  • bungling
  • left-handed
  • unskilled
  • inept
  • gauche
  • inexpert
  • unskillful
  • bunglesome

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dextrous
  • deft
  • skilled
  • dexterous
  • skillful
  • handy
  • expert
  • masterly
  • sure-handed
  • coordinated
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