adjadj.allusing or intended for the left handExamples:- left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs
- left-handed scissors
Antonyms:ambidextrousright-handed
Derivationally Related Form:left-handedness
Inherited Hypernyms:left-handed
Similar to:left left-hand sinistral
See also:left sinistral
adj satadj.all(of marriages) illicit or informalExamples:- in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent
Antonyms:legitimate
Inherited Hypernyms:left-handed
Similar to:illegitimate
adj satadj.all(of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superiorSynset:morganatic
Antonyms:illegitimate
Inherited Hypernyms:morganatic
Similar to:legitimate
adj satadj.allrotating to the leftSynset:levorotary levorotatory
Antonyms:clockwise
Inherited Hypernyms:levorotary
Similar to:anticlockwise contraclockwise counterclockwise
adj satadj.allironically ambiguousAntonyms:unambiguous
Inherited Hypernyms:left-handed
Similar to:ambiguous
adj satadj.alllacking physical movement skills, especially with the handsSynset:bumbling bungling butterfingered ham-fisted ham-handed handless heavy-handed
Examples:- a bumbling mechanic
- a bungling performance
- ham-handed governmental interference
- could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature - Mary H. Vorse
Antonyms:adroit
Inherited Hypernyms:bumbling
Similar to:maladroit