heavy-footed

[ hev-ee-foot-id ]

/ ˈhɛv iˈfʊt ɪd /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR heavy-footed ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

clumsy or ponderous, as in movement or expressiveness: music that is heavy-footed and uninspired.

Origin of heavy-footed

First recorded in 1615–25

OTHER WORDS FROM heavy-footed

heav·y-foot·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby heavy-footed

heavy cream, heavy cruiser, heavy-duty, heavy earth, heavy eye, heavy-footed, heavy going, heavy-handed, heavy hand, with a, heavy-hearted, heavy heart, with a

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Example sentences from the Web for heavy-footed

The running machines are a gloomy chorus of heavy-footed stomping.
How to Survive the New Year ‘Gympocalypse’|Tim Teeman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He thought of the heavy-footed routine of the thousands who occupied these pretentious buildings.
The Bright Messenger|Algernon Blackwood
George Meredith has likened the functionings of Germanic humour to the heavy-footed antics of a dancing bear.
Mark Twain|Archibald Henderson
She was heavy-footed, but entirely light-hearted when she came safely in at the gate of the Bassett place.
Strangers and Wayfarers|Sarah Orne Jewett

They lagged often into a heavy-footed walk and their ears drooped dispiritedly.
The Heritage of the Sioux|B.M. Bower
Certainly it could not be Mrs. Cupp, for she was heavy-footed.
Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall|Annie Roe Carr

British Dictionary definitions for heavy-footed

heavy-footed

adjective

having a heavy or clumsy tread

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	heavy-footed
释义	heavy-footed [ hev-ee-foot-id ] / ˈhɛv iˈfʊt ɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR heavy-footed ON THESAURUS.COM adjective clumsy or ponderous, as in movement or expressiveness: music that is heavy-footed and uninspired. Origin of heavy-footed First recorded in 1615–25 OTHER WORDS FROM heavy-footed heav·y-foot·ed·ness, noun Words nearby heavy-footed heavy cream, heavy cruiser, heavy-duty, heavy earth, heavy eye, heavy-footed, heavy going, heavy-handed, heavy hand, with a, heavy-hearted, heavy heart, with a Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for heavy-footed The running machines are a gloomy chorus of heavy-footed stomping. How to Survive the New Year ‘Gympocalypse’\|Tim Teeman\|January 6, 2015\|DAILY BEAST He thought of the heavy-footed routine of the thousands who occupied these pretentious buildings. The Bright Messenger\|Algernon Blackwood George Meredith has likened the functionings of Germanic humour to the heavy-footed antics of a dancing bear. Mark Twain\|Archibald Henderson She was heavy-footed, but entirely light-hearted when she came safely in at the gate of the Bassett place. Strangers and Wayfarers\|Sarah Orne Jewett They lagged often into a heavy-footed walk and their ears drooped dispiritedly. The Heritage of the Sioux\|B.M. Bower Certainly it could not be Mrs. Cupp, for she was heavy-footed. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall\|Annie Roe Carr British Dictionary definitions for heavy-footed heavy-footed adjective having a heavy or clumsy tread Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to heavy-footed hulking, unwieldy, ungainly, heavy, halting, bumbling, bovine, overgrown, clunking, splay, blundering, elephantine, gauche, gawky, inept, lumpish, maladroit, ponderous, wooden, klutzy
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heavy-footed

adjective

Origin of heavy-footed

OTHER WORDS FROM heavy-footed

Words nearby heavy-footed

Example sentences from the Web for heavy-footed

British Dictionary definitions for heavy-footed

adjective

Words related to heavy-footed