Definition of ungainly in English:

ungainly

adjectiveʌnˈɡeɪnliˌənˈɡeɪnli

(of a person or movement) awkward; clumsy.
an ungainly walk
Example sentencesExamples
- He was an ungainly figure and when he danced, many whistled, hooted, and laughed at him.
- Taylor was always playing catch up against an energetic, ungainly player who just would not lie down.
- Finding that they did, he tried a few ungainly steps toward the door.
- I was ungainly and I was bored by sport, which in Australia is a sure sign that you're a bad person.
- Do we identify with the ungainly, terrified wretch who will soon be dead meat, or do we get a thrill imagining ourselves as the sleek, athletic predator?
- Mothers and fathers send out the message that boys are awkward, ungainly and silly.
- He felt clumsy and awkward in the air, his body too ungainly to be properly streamlined.
- In spite of the ungainly figure he cuts, there is something instantly soothing about the monk.
- Under the low slanting ceiling of the bathroom, he seems clumsy and ungainly.
- That most people walk in an ungraceful, ungainly and awkward manner with a forward inclination of the body does not mean that it is the normal way of walking.
- But there was also a beauty in the ungainly awkwardness but obvious enthusiasm of the supporting roles.
- Seeing how terribly the trip strained the ungainly mother, Indira was amazed at her stoic determination to continue.
- The thin, ungainly boy didn't seem to have the makings of a star gymnast.
- Her steed mumbled something inaudible as he restarted his ungainly walk to the church doors.
- I was always a bit awkward and ungainly as a child, so I thought that maybe I was just on the clumsy side.
- Another ungainly blow from me, and my sword was met with the blade of Conrad's sword and was quickly swept aside.
- He was one that fans may not have taken to straight away because he's ungainly, but he would have won them over with his goals.
- Holmes's ticket did have a red circle and he stood in an ungainly stance that was in keeping with his disguise.
- The high ceilings and unbroken expanses of wall in such a house can make the rooms seem awkward and ungainly.
- Not so large that they were ungainly and made him clumsy, but not so small that you would be suspicious of him.
Synonyms
awkward, clumsy, ungraceful, graceless, inelegant, gawky, gangling, maladroit, gauche, inept, blundering, bungling, bumbling, lumbering, uncoordinated
inexpert, unskilful, unhandy, oafish, bovine, like a bull in a china shop
informal cack-handed, ham-fisted, ham-handed, butterfingered, all thumbs, hulking
archaic lubberly

Derivatives

ungainliness

nounʌnˈɡeɪnlɪnəsˌənˈɡeɪnlinəs

How to explain why I find the clunking metaphor of the train charming in its ungainliness?
Example sentencesExamples
- The details were riveting: Antoni's feet on the rope, her swaying body, the adjustments she made, her heightened mixture of ungainliness and grace.
- Her miniaturized right arm, with spindly thumb and splayed fingers, seems at once grotesque, vulnerable and oddly lovely; then again, her whole slightly rumpled posture conveys a mix of ungainliness and grace.
- My point, here, is that our curricula our pedagogies might be energized by the unwieldiness, the ungainliness, of both our current and our earlier historical names, and by our necessary historical revisions of those names.
- How may the poem find a form for the ungainliness of life?

Origin

Mid 17th century: from un-¹ 'not' + obsolete gainly 'graceful', based on Old Norse gegn 'straight'.

uncouth from Old English:
A word that originally meant ‘unknown’. For much of the history of uncouth, most people would not have used or understood its opposite, couth. This originally meant ‘known’ but was later only used in Scottish English, for ‘kind’ or ‘comfortable’. Uncouth, though, developed a fully independent life. It came to refer to unsophisticated language or style in the late 17th century, and then to uncultured or ill-mannered people or behaviour. In 1896 the English essayist and critic Max Beerbohm (1872–1956) was the first to use couth as a deliberate opposite of uncouth meaning ‘cultured, well-mannered’. Ungainly (early 17th century) developed in a similar way. There is a word gainly, but it has never been common and its original meaning, ‘suitable, fitting’, now occurs only in Scottish dialect. Gainly came from the old word gain, which was used especially in the senses ‘kindly’ and ‘convenient’, and is of Scandinavian origin.

Definition of ungainly in US English:

ungainly

adjectiveˌənˈɡānlēˌənˈɡeɪnli

(of a person or movement) awkward; clumsy.
an ungainly walk
Example sentencesExamples
- He was an ungainly figure and when he danced, many whistled, hooted, and laughed at him.
- Finding that they did, he tried a few ungainly steps toward the door.
- Her steed mumbled something inaudible as he restarted his ungainly walk to the church doors.
- Mothers and fathers send out the message that boys are awkward, ungainly and silly.
- But there was also a beauty in the ungainly awkwardness but obvious enthusiasm of the supporting roles.
- Do we identify with the ungainly, terrified wretch who will soon be dead meat, or do we get a thrill imagining ourselves as the sleek, athletic predator?
- Seeing how terribly the trip strained the ungainly mother, Indira was amazed at her stoic determination to continue.
- Not so large that they were ungainly and made him clumsy, but not so small that you would be suspicious of him.
- In spite of the ungainly figure he cuts, there is something instantly soothing about the monk.
- Taylor was always playing catch up against an energetic, ungainly player who just would not lie down.
- The thin, ungainly boy didn't seem to have the makings of a star gymnast.
- I was always a bit awkward and ungainly as a child, so I thought that maybe I was just on the clumsy side.
- He felt clumsy and awkward in the air, his body too ungainly to be properly streamlined.
- I was ungainly and I was bored by sport, which in Australia is a sure sign that you're a bad person.
- The high ceilings and unbroken expanses of wall in such a house can make the rooms seem awkward and ungainly.
- Another ungainly blow from me, and my sword was met with the blade of Conrad's sword and was quickly swept aside.
- That most people walk in an ungraceful, ungainly and awkward manner with a forward inclination of the body does not mean that it is the normal way of walking.
- Holmes's ticket did have a red circle and he stood in an ungainly stance that was in keeping with his disguise.
- Under the low slanting ceiling of the bathroom, he seems clumsy and ungainly.
- He was one that fans may not have taken to straight away because he's ungainly, but he would have won them over with his goals.
Synonyms
awkward, clumsy, ungraceful, graceless, inelegant, gawky, gangling, maladroit, gauche, inept, blundering, bungling, bumbling, lumbering, uncoordinated

Origin

Mid 17th century: from un- ‘not’ + obsolete gainly ‘graceful’, based on Old Norse gegn ‘straight’.

单词	ungainly
释义	Definition of ungainly in English: ungainly adjectiveʌnˈɡeɪnliˌənˈɡeɪnli (of a person or movement) awkward; clumsy. an ungainly walk Example sentencesExamples He was an ungainly figure and when he danced, many whistled, hooted, and laughed at him. Taylor was always playing catch up against an energetic, ungainly player who just would not lie down. Finding that they did, he tried a few ungainly steps toward the door. I was ungainly and I was bored by sport, which in Australia is a sure sign that you're a bad person. Do we identify with the ungainly, terrified wretch who will soon be dead meat, or do we get a thrill imagining ourselves as the sleek, athletic predator? Mothers and fathers send out the message that boys are awkward, ungainly and silly. He felt clumsy and awkward in the air, his body too ungainly to be properly streamlined. In spite of the ungainly figure he cuts, there is something instantly soothing about the monk. Under the low slanting ceiling of the bathroom, he seems clumsy and ungainly. That most people walk in an ungraceful, ungainly and awkward manner with a forward inclination of the body does not mean that it is the normal way of walking. But there was also a beauty in the ungainly awkwardness but obvious enthusiasm of the supporting roles. Seeing how terribly the trip strained the ungainly mother, Indira was amazed at her stoic determination to continue. The thin, ungainly boy didn't seem to have the makings of a star gymnast. Her steed mumbled something inaudible as he restarted his ungainly walk to the church doors. I was always a bit awkward and ungainly as a child, so I thought that maybe I was just on the clumsy side. Another ungainly blow from me, and my sword was met with the blade of Conrad's sword and was quickly swept aside. He was one that fans may not have taken to straight away because he's ungainly, but he would have won them over with his goals. Holmes's ticket did have a red circle and he stood in an ungainly stance that was in keeping with his disguise. The high ceilings and unbroken expanses of wall in such a house can make the rooms seem awkward and ungainly. Not so large that they were ungainly and made him clumsy, but not so small that you would be suspicious of him. Synonyms awkward, clumsy, ungraceful, graceless, inelegant, gawky, gangling, maladroit, gauche, inept, blundering, bungling, bumbling, lumbering, uncoordinated inexpert, unskilful, unhandy, oafish, bovine, like a bull in a china shop informal cack-handed, ham-fisted, ham-handed, butterfingered, all thumbs, hulking archaic lubberly Derivatives ungainliness nounʌnˈɡeɪnlɪnəsˌənˈɡeɪnlinəs How to explain why I find the clunking metaphor of the train charming in its ungainliness? Example sentencesExamples The details were riveting: Antoni's feet on the rope, her swaying body, the adjustments she made, her heightened mixture of ungainliness and grace. Her miniaturized right arm, with spindly thumb and splayed fingers, seems at once grotesque, vulnerable and oddly lovely; then again, her whole slightly rumpled posture conveys a mix of ungainliness and grace. My point, here, is that our curricula our pedagogies might be energized by the unwieldiness, the ungainliness, of both our current and our earlier historical names, and by our necessary historical revisions of those names. How may the poem find a form for the ungainliness of life? Origin Mid 17th century: from un-¹ 'not' + obsolete gainly 'graceful', based on Old Norse gegn 'straight'. uncouth from Old English: A word that originally meant ‘unknown’. For much of the history of uncouth, most people would not have used or understood its opposite, couth. This originally meant ‘known’ but was later only used in Scottish English, for ‘kind’ or ‘comfortable’. Uncouth, though, developed a fully independent life. It came to refer to unsophisticated language or style in the late 17th century, and then to uncultured or ill-mannered people or behaviour. In 1896 the English essayist and critic Max Beerbohm (1872–1956) was the first to use couth as a deliberate opposite of uncouth meaning ‘cultured, well-mannered’. Ungainly (early 17th century) developed in a similar way. There is a word gainly, but it has never been common and its original meaning, ‘suitable, fitting’, now occurs only in Scottish dialect. Gainly came from the old word gain, which was used especially in the senses ‘kindly’ and ‘convenient’, and is of Scandinavian origin. Definition of ungainly in US English: ungainly adjectiveˌənˈɡānlēˌənˈɡeɪnli (of a person or movement) awkward; clumsy. an ungainly walk Example sentencesExamples He was an ungainly figure and when he danced, many whistled, hooted, and laughed at him. Finding that they did, he tried a few ungainly steps toward the door. Her steed mumbled something inaudible as he restarted his ungainly walk to the church doors. Mothers and fathers send out the message that boys are awkward, ungainly and silly. But there was also a beauty in the ungainly awkwardness but obvious enthusiasm of the supporting roles. Do we identify with the ungainly, terrified wretch who will soon be dead meat, or do we get a thrill imagining ourselves as the sleek, athletic predator? Seeing how terribly the trip strained the ungainly mother, Indira was amazed at her stoic determination to continue. Not so large that they were ungainly and made him clumsy, but not so small that you would be suspicious of him. In spite of the ungainly figure he cuts, there is something instantly soothing about the monk. Taylor was always playing catch up against an energetic, ungainly player who just would not lie down. The thin, ungainly boy didn't seem to have the makings of a star gymnast. I was always a bit awkward and ungainly as a child, so I thought that maybe I was just on the clumsy side. He felt clumsy and awkward in the air, his body too ungainly to be properly streamlined. I was ungainly and I was bored by sport, which in Australia is a sure sign that you're a bad person. The high ceilings and unbroken expanses of wall in such a house can make the rooms seem awkward and ungainly. Another ungainly blow from me, and my sword was met with the blade of Conrad's sword and was quickly swept aside. That most people walk in an ungraceful, ungainly and awkward manner with a forward inclination of the body does not mean that it is the normal way of walking. Holmes's ticket did have a red circle and he stood in an ungainly stance that was in keeping with his disguise. Under the low slanting ceiling of the bathroom, he seems clumsy and ungainly. He was one that fans may not have taken to straight away because he's ungainly, but he would have won them over with his goals. Synonyms awkward, clumsy, ungraceful, graceless, inelegant, gawky, gangling, maladroit, gauche, inept, blundering, bungling, bumbling, lumbering, uncoordinated Origin Mid 17th century: from un- ‘not’ + obsolete gainly ‘graceful’, based on Old Norse gegn ‘straight’.
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