klutzish
Prone to stumbling
Klutzish means clumsy or awkward, like a klutz.
The -ish suffix softens the judgment slightly—someone klutzish has klutzy tendencies without being a complete disaster: I'm too klutzish to be trusted with the good china.
The word is informal and mildly playful.
Lacking physical grace
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
- stumblingWalking clumsily, almost falling
- trippingLosing balance walking
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
ungainly · gawky · lumbering · oafish · ham-handed · heavy-footed · ungraceful · butterfingers
Lacking grace or ease
- embarrassingCausing awkward self-consciousness
- self-consciousUncomfortably aware of oneself
- flusteredNervously upset and confused
- sheepishEmbarrassed and timid
gauche · maladroit · tactless · graceless · inelegant · unpolished · unsophisticated · cringe-worthy
uncoordinated
Lacking physical grace
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
- stumblingWalking clumsily, almost falling
- trippingLosing balance walking
awkward · ungainly · gawky · lumbering · oafish · ham-handed · heavy-footed · ungraceful · butterfingers · clodhopper
awkward
Lacking grace or ease
- embarrassingCausing awkward self-consciousness
- self-consciousUncomfortably aware of oneself
- flusteredNervously upset and confused
sheepish · gauche · maladroit · tactless · graceless · inelegant · unpolished · unsophisticated · cringe-worthy · red-faced
accident-prone
Tending toward mishaps
trip · tumble · collision · breakage · mishap · blunder · misstep · pratfall · faceplant · stumble
botch
Spoil through incompetence
flub · mishandle · screwup · snafu · gaffe · muddle · fiasco · debacle · foul-up · muff