Cloddish

/ˈklɒdɪʃ/

भोंदा/मूर्ख; (मिट्टी) ढेलों वाली, ढेलायुक्त

Very Hard #विशेषण #नकारात्मक-वर्णन #व्यवहार-स्वभाव #मिट्टी-कृषि

Origin & History

From English clod (“a lump of earth; a dull or stupid person”) + -ish (“somewhat like”).

अंग्रेज़ी clod (अर्थ: मिट्टी का ढेला; रूपक में मंद/मूर्ख व्यक्ति) + -ish (अर्थ: ‘कुछ हद तक वैसा’) से बना शब्द।

Definition

Describes someone who seems slow-witted, awkward, or unsophisticated (like a ‘clod’), and can also describe soil that is lumpy or full of clods.

ऐसे व्यक्ति का वर्णन जो मंदबुद्धि, अनगढ़ या असंस्कृत लगे (यानी ‘clod’ जैसा), और इसका प्रयोग ढेलों/गुठलियों वाली मिट्टी के लिए भी किया जाता है।

Parts of Speech

Adjective:
His cloddish remarks made him seem out of touch.
उसकी भोंदी/मूर्खतापूर्ण टिप्पणियों से वह वास्तविकता से कटा हुआ लगा।
Adjective:
The field was cloddish after the rain and hard to till.
बारिश के बाद खेत ढेलायुक्त हो गया था और जोतना मुश्किल था।

Usage Examples

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.
She found his cloddish humor more awkward than funny.
In spring the garden can become cloddish unless the soil is broken up well.

Synonyms

Clumsy Boorish Loutish Uncouth Oafish Dull Stupid Blockish

Related Forms

Noun
Clod / Cloddiness
Adjective
Cloddish
Adverb
Cloddishly

Idioms & Phrases

Cloddish as a clod
ढेले जैसा भोंदा/मूर्ख (बहुत ही अनगढ़)
Cloddish country bumpkin
गँवई-सा अनगढ़ व्यक्ति (देहाती भोंदू)