clodhopping

adjective

Definition of clodhoppingnext
as in churlish

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clodhopping
  1. churlish
  2. uncouth
  3. boorish
  4. clownish
  5. brassy
  6. loutish
  7. brash
  8. impolite
Adjective
  • The British series, which debuted in 2022, follows Oscar winner Gary Oldman’s churlish and disheveled Jackson Lamb as the leader of a team of disgraced and disowned MI5 agents scrappily and shabbily getting the job done.
    Trey Williams, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Asked about these comments, and responding to them, Tiger himself was churlish.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 July 2024
Definition of churlish
Adjective
  • She’s still been busy, though, with all the ski trials and uncouth houseguests.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
  • That collab has produced six custom 1α bikes, each costing €19,900, and looking – to my uncouth eye, at least – almost exactly like standard 1α models (priced at €14,900) but with an ill-fitting and slightly fuzzy seat cover.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2024
Definition of uncouth
Adjective
  • Borisov has actually played such a role before, having previously starred as a boorish Russian dude who slowly reveals his softer side in the Finnish romantic comedy Compartment No. 6.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The audiences at those concerts would strike us as boorish.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of boorish
Adjective
  • Over the coming days, the owners of Four Seasons Total Landscaping did their patriotic duty and cashed in on their temporary notoriety, selling souvenirs to commemorate the fiasco; to Trump’s detractors, the debacle epitomized the clownish incompetence that had defined his presidency.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Characters like Felix and Oswald have kind of an unfortunate connection to theater insofar as they’re associated with blackface minstrelsy—the notoriously racist form of stage performance where actors would blacken their faces, wear white gloves, and perform clownish antics.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of clownish
Adjective
  • Usually, those scenes focus on Bridget Everett’s Sam, whose brassy voice can punch a hole into any heart.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
  • To do so, this uses a blend of ultra-violet pigments that counteract yellow and brassy tones to ensure your color is always up to your standard in between salon appointments.
    Iman Balagam, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of brassy
Adjective
  • Widowed waitress Yvette Yates Redick and misfit nine-year-old son Benjamin Steinhauser remain in mourning for the man of the house — a vacancy poorly filled by her loutish current boyfriend (Rob Mayes).
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
  • At one point Jan, distracted by Kasia’s upcoming sonogram, is being drilled by his loutish captain.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2023
Definition of loutish
Adjective
  • After public outrage quashed a brash attempt by Congress to increase member pay by 51% in early 1989, a more modest hike of 10% was passed through The Ethics Reform Act of 1989, signed into law by President George Bush on Nov. 30, 1989.
    Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Pay gains have slowed considerably since March 2022, a reflection of a rebalancing of supply and demand in the labor market following the pandemic as well as the impacts from the Federal Reserve’s brash increase in interest rates to rein in high inflation.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of brash
Adjective
  • What's particularly fascinating is how impolite behaviors can cascade through organizations.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Edwards is being an impolite host: he’s holed up in a room, eyes locked in on a screen, gamer headphones covering his ears.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of impolite
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“Clodhopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clodhopping. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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