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
  • Where DiCaprio is brash and wild and uncouth, Gladstone is understated, filled with a deep sadness but also a well of light and humor.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Masters of None The practice of interviewing government officials became commonplace in the United States by the 1880s, but was considered uncouth in parts of Europe through the end of the First World War.
    Harper's Magazine, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
Definition of uncouth
Adjective
  • Queen Elizabeth always preferred the boorish Andrew to the sensitive Charles.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Naturally, the media hyped the event as Bart versus Bill, a showdown between one show’s wholesome family values and the other’s brash, boorish cynicism — the aspirational ’80s facing off against the anarchic ’90s.
    Darryn King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of boorish
Adjective
  • As vice-president, Kamala Harris was generally regarded as unimpressive and slightly clownish, with her banal repetitions and too-frequent outbursts of too-exuberant laughter.
    Avi Nelson, Boston Herald, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Its members' firm repudiation of the unqualified and clownish Matt Gaetz for attorney general shows that its members can still stiffen their sinews and summon up the courage to curb President-elect Donald Trump's appetite for surrounding himself with sycophantic boobs.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of clownish
Adjective
  • There were brassier accents as well, and the melody felt more intricate.
    Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • But the nickname that endures comes from Ethel Merman’s brassy portrayal of her in Irving Berlin’s 1950 musical, Call Me Madam.
    Robin Olson, airmail.news, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of brassy
Adjective
  • Every great festival lineup needs an eccentric art-pop groundbreaker and some loutish guys who write anthems.
    Al Shipley, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Homer wasn’t fooling around: those who aid the beggar are rewarded, those who mistreat him—the loutish suitors who have long besieged Penelope—are killed.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of loutish
Adjective
  • And the most entertaining among that season 2 cast was a brash 28-year-old physician named Will Kirby.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The brash, self-determining, self-reliant figure Hurston conjures up as the prototype of the Jew is Hurston herself, a woman who would not let others tell her how to live.
    Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of brash
Adjective
  • One of the myths Dunlap tackles in her book is that talking about money is impolite.
    Katy McFee, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The typical solution is to berate co-workers for misusing the channel, which is impolite, hurts everyone’s feelings and does not work.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of impolite
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