cloddishness
Graceless, crude manner
Cloddishness is the quality of being clodlike—dull, awkward, and lacking refinement.
A clod is a lump of earth, and the metaphor extends to people who seem dense or unpolished: His cloddishness at the dinner party embarrassed everyone.
The word suggests boorishness rather than mere ignorance.
Lack of physical grace
- gawkinessClumsy, awkward manner
- clumsinessLack of physical grace
- maladroitnessLack of skill or coordination
- ineleganceLack of polish
ungracefulness · stiffness · gracelessness · lumbering · bumbling · stumbling · plodding · ham-fisted
Lacking good manners
- boorishCrudely ill-mannered
- loutishCrude and ill-mannered
- oafishStupidly clumsy
- churlishIll-mannered and rude
coarse · unrefined · crude · vulgar · brutish · uncivilized · crass · gruff
Slowness to understand
- stupidityLack of intelligence
- densenessCrowded or stupid quality
- thick-headednessSlow to understand
- slow-wittednessInability to think quickly
dimness · doltishness · blockheadedness · simplemindedness · stolidity · bovine · witlessness · ignorance
Cruel emotional indifference
- tactlessnessAbsence of social sensitivity
- unfeelingnessAbsence of emotional response
- thick-skinnedResistant to criticism
- obliviousnessLack of awareness
bluntness · inconsiderateness · indelicacy · heavy-handedness · thoughtlessness · heedlessness · disregard · indifference
ungainliness
Lack of physical grace
- gawkinessClumsy, awkward manner
- clumsinessLack of physical grace
- maladroitnessLack of skill or coordination
inelegance · ungracefulness · stiffness · gracelessness · lumbering · bumbling · stumbling · plodding · ham-fisted · wooden
uncouth
Lacking good manners
churlish · coarse · unrefined · crude · vulgar · brutish · uncivilized · crass · gruff · rough
obtuseness
Slowness to understand
- stupidityLack of intelligence
- densenessCrowded or stupid quality
- thick-headednessSlow to understand
slow-wittedness · dimness · doltishness · blockheadedness · simplemindedness · stolidity · bovine · witlessness · ignorance · incomprehension
callousness
Cruel emotional indifference
- tactlessnessAbsence of social sensitivity
- unfeelingnessAbsence of emotional response
- thick-skinnedResistant to criticism
obliviousness · bluntness · inconsiderateness · indelicacy · heavy-handedness · thoughtlessness · heedlessness · disregard · indifference · imperceptiveness
cloddishnessrefinement
Elegance of manner
sophistication · elegance · polish · grace · urbanity
cloddishnesssophistication
Cultured elegance and complexity
perceptiveness · acuity · discernment · astuteness · cultivation