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Synonyms for cloddish

  • adjective

Most common

clownish doltish lumpish

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Like a clod, a person who is foolish, stupid or parochial.

    He was a cloddish man, like he'd just fallen off the turnip wagon and hadn't quite woken up yet from his long trip from the country.

Example sentences

  • clownish I am not amused by your clownish antics.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cloddishsteady
clownishrising
doltishsteady
lumpishsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
stupid2
7 letters
doltish, lumpish
8 letters
clownish

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (stupid2 = 2 syllables).