clunky

Other forms of clunky

comparative

clunkier·

superlative

clunkiest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clunky

What does clunky mean?

clunky means "lacking grace in movement or posture". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clunky?

clunky has 2 syllables: clun-ky. The stress falls on "clun". In IPA it is /ˈklʌŋki/.

What is another word for clunky?

Close synonyms include gawky, clumsy, ungainly, unwieldy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clunky a common word?

clunky is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.