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单词 lumbering
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Examples of 'lumbering' in a sentence
lumbering

The internet has undercut the lumbering movements of the fashion industry.The capital is a lumbering beast - and we love it that way.I love being tall and strong but that is little use today; huge and lumbering are more apt.It loves to rev and is the exact opposite of a big, lumbering American engine.All he had was a big skirt and a pink rubber glove, but his lumbering gait and innocent, chewing face were truly brilliant.Apart from his moments of glory on the American football field, he is a lumbering giant mostly used to elicit reactions from the cast around him.

Synonyms of 'lumbering'

awkward, heavy, blundering, bumbling
More Synonyms of lumbering
(adjective) 
He overtook a lumbering lorry.
Synonyms
awkward
She made an awkward gesture with her hands.
heavy
blundering
bumbling
a clumsy, bumbling, inarticulate figure
hulking
When I woke up there was a hulking figure staring down at me.
unwieldy
They came panting up to his door with their unwieldy baggage.
ponderous
He strolled about with a ponderous, heavy gait.
ungainly
Paul swam in his ungainly way to the side of the pool.
elephantine
His legs were elephantine.
heavy-footed
lubberly

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bumbling
a clumsy, bumbling, inarticulate figure
Synonyms
clumsy,
awkward,
blundering,
bungling,
incompetent,
inefficient,
lumbering,
inept,
maladroit,
unco (Australian, slang)
in the sense of elephantine
Definition
like an elephant, esp. in being huge, clumsy, or ponderous
His legs were elephantine.
Synonyms
massive,
great,
huge,
heavy,
giant,
enormous,
immense,
lumbering,
gigantic,
monstrous,
mammoth,
bulky,
colossal,
weighty,
hulking,
laborious,
ponderous,
gargantuan,
humongous or humungous (informal)
in the sense of hulking
Definition
big and ungainly
When I woke up there was a hulking figure staring down at me.
Synonyms
ungainly,
massive,
lumbering,
gross,
awkward,
clumsy,
bulky,
cumbersome,
overgrown,
unwieldy,
ponderous,
clunky (informal),
oafish,
lumpish,
lubberly,
unco (Australian, slang)

Nearby words of
lumbering

  • lull
  • lullaby
  • lumber
  • lumbering
  • luminary
  • luminescent
  • luminous

Related terms of
lumbering

  • lumber

Synonyms of 'lumbering'

lumbering

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of lubberly
Synonyms
oafish,
awkward,
crude,
blundering,
coarse,
bungling,
clumsy,
lumbering,
heavy-handed,
churlish,
ungainly,
gawky,
uncouth,
loutish,
lumpen (informal),
clownish,
lumpish,
clodhopping (informal),
doltish
in the sense of ponderous
Definition
(of movement) slow and clumsy
He strolled about with a ponderous, heavy gait.
Synonyms
clumsy,
awkward,
lumbering,
laborious,
graceless,
elephantine,
heavy-footed,
unco (Australian, slang)
in the sense of ungainly
Definition
lacking grace when moving
Paul swam in his ungainly way to the side of the pool.
Synonyms
awkward,
clumsy,
inelegant,
lumbering,
slouching,
gawky,
uncouth,
gangling,
loutish,
uncoordinated,
ungraceful,
lubberly (old-fashioned, rare),
unco (Australian, slang)
in the sense of unwieldy
Definition
too heavy, large, or awkward to be easily handled
They came panting up to his door with their unwieldy baggage.
Synonyms
bulky,
massive,
hefty,
clumsy,
weighty,
ponderous,
ungainly,
clunky (informal)
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