Definition of Cloddish

1. Adjective. Heavy and dull and stupid.

Exact synonyms: Doltish
Similar to: Stupid

Definition of Cloddish

1. a. Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish.

Definition of Cloddish

1. Adjective. Like a clod, a person who is foolish, stupid or parochial. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to lumpy soil. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cloddish

1. clod [adj] - See also: clod

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloddish

clockwise rotation
clockwork
clockwork orange
clockwork oranges
clockwork universe
clockwork universes
clockworklike
clockworks
clockworky
clocortolone
clod
clodded
cloddier
cloddiest
clodding
cloddish (current term)
cloddishness
cloddishnesses
cloddy
clodhopper
clodhoppers
clodhopping
clodly
clodpate
clodpated
clodpates
clodpole
clodpoles
clodpolish
clodpoll

Literary usage of Cloddish

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1. Journal of Psychological Medicine by William Alexander Hammond (1872)
"... cloddish populations are, in short, as I venture to assume, the breeders of our abstract insanity, while our educated, ambitious, overstraining, ..."

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