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Synonyms for ham-fisted

  • adjective

Most common

heavy-handed ham-handed clumsy bungling

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Ham-handed — lacking skill in general; incompetent

ham-handed, heavy-handed, bungling, clumsy, bumbling, left-handed, butter-fingered, maladroit, handless

2. Mutton-fisted — lacking skill in physical movement with the hands; clumsy

mutton-fisted, keck-handed, undexterous

Antonyms

adroit, quick, deft

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Lacking skill in physical movement with the hands; clumsy.

  2. adj. 2

    Lacking skill in general; incompetent.

Related words

Other spellings
hamfisted

Example sentences

  • clumsy Her movements were awkward and her gesture clumsy.
  • bungling Anything worth doing is worth bungling.

By length

6 letters
clumsy2
8 letters
bumbling3, bungling3, handless
9 letters
maladroit3
11 letters
undexterous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (clumsy2 = 2 syllables).