cloddier

Chunkier and rougher

Cloddier is the comparative form of cloddy, meaning more lumpy or full of clods—chunks of earth or clay.

Soil that's cloddier has more dense, compacted lumps and is harder to work: The field was cloddier after the drought, making planting difficult.

Figuratively, something cloddier is more dull or lumpish.

texture

lumpy

Having irregular bumps

knobbly · nodular · coarse · rough · granular · irregular · crumbly · clumped · compacted · matted

unrefined

crude

Unpolished, raw state

unpolished · awkward · graceless · loutish · boorish · oafish · uncouth · clumsy · ungainly · inelegant

soil

earthy

Coarse and unpretentious

  • loamyRich in humus
  • clayeyContaining fine sediment
  • siltyContaining fine earth deposits

muddy · tillable · cultivated · fertile · plowed · furrowed · tilled · composted · turned · worked

Opposites
soil texture/consistency

cloddierfiner

More elegant or delicate

crumblier · looser · smoother · sandier · lighter

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