- cloddishness
- noun see clod
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
cloddishness
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Cloddishness — Cloddish Clod dish, a. Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish. Hawthorne. {Clod dish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cloddishness — See cloddish. * * * … Universalium
cloddishness — n. stupidity, foolishness … English contemporary dictionary
cloddishness — cloddˈishness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑clod … Useful english dictionary
clod — noun Etymology: Middle English clodde, from Old English clod (in clodhamer fieldfare) Date: 15th century 1. a. a lump or mass especially of earth or clay b. soil, earth 2. oaf, dolt • … New Collegiate Dictionary
cloddish — cloddishly, adv. cloddishness, n. /klod ish/, adj. of, pertaining to, or resembling a clod or boor; doltish; stolid. [1835 45; CLOD + ISH1] * * * … Universalium
density — Synonyms and related words: asininity, blockishness, body, boobishness, boorishness, bovinity, callosity, callousness, cloddishness, concreteness, crassness, crudeness, denseness, dim wittedness, dimness, doltishness, dull wittedness, dullardism … Moby Thesaurus
dimness — Synonyms and related words: adiaphanousness, anemia, ashiness, asininity, bad light, bleariness, blockishness, bloodlessness, blur, blurriness, boobishness, boorishness, bovinity, cadaverousness, chloranemia, cloddishness, cloudiness, crassness,… … Moby Thesaurus
dullness — Synonyms and related words: abruptness, absence of color, acedia, achromaticity, achromatism, adynamia, aloofness, analgesia, anemia, anesthesia, angst, anguish, anxiety, apathy, aridity, aridness, ashiness, asininity, ataraxia, ataraxy, atony,… … Moby Thesaurus
dumbness — Synonyms and related words: anaudia, aphasia, aphonia, asininity, blockishness, boobishness, boorishness, bovinity, brevity, briefness, brusqueness, cloddishness, conciseness, crassness, crudeness, curtness, deaf muteness, denseness, density, dim … Moby Thesaurus
