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The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish.
Evelyn Waugh

Meaning of "cloddish" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLODDISH

cloddish  [ˈklɒdɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLODDISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cloddish is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CLODDISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cloddish in the English dictionary

The definition of cloddish in the dictionary is dull or stupid.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLODDISH


cavendish
ˈkævəndɪʃ
childish
ˈtʃaɪldɪʃ
dish
dɪʃ
fiendish
ˈfiːndɪʃ
goldish
ˈɡəʊldɪʃ
horseradish
ˈhɔːsˌrædɪʃ
Kaddish
ˈkædɪʃ
Kurdish
ˈkɜːdɪʃ
modish
ˈməʊdɪʃ
oddish
ˈɒdɪʃ
oldish
ˈəʊldɪʃ
outlandish
aʊtˈlændɪʃ
radish
ˈrædɪʃ
reddish
ˈrɛdɪʃ
soapdish
ˈsəʊpdɪʃ
standish
ˈstændɪʃ
Swedish
ˈswiːdɪʃ
Yiddish
ˈjɪdɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLODDISH

clock-watcher
clock-watching
clocker
clocklike
clockmaker
clockwise
clockwork
clockwork precision
clod
clod poll
cloddishly
cloddishness
cloddy
clodhopper
clodhoppers
clodhopping
clodly
clodpate
clodpated
clodpole

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLODDISH

baddish
baking dish
caddish
casserole dish
eddish
faddish
kiddish
laddish
maddish
neddish
Petri dish
pie dish
Qaddish
saddish
satellite dish
say Kaddish
serving dish
side dish
the Swedish
vegetable dish

Synonyms and antonyms of cloddish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cloddish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLODDISH

Find out the translation of cloddish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cloddish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cloddish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

粗鲁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cloddish
570 millions of speakers

English

cloddish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भद्दा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cloddish
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cloddish
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cloddish
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বোকাটে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gourde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cloddish
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cloddish
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

土くれのような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

통명스러운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cloddish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thô kịch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cloddish
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्लॉडीश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cloddish
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cloddish
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cloddish
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cloddish
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cloddish
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cloddish
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cloddish
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cloddish
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cloddish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cloddish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLODDISH»

The term «cloddish» is used very little and occupies the 166.268 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLODDISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cloddish

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QUOTES WITH «CLODDISH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cloddish.
1
Evelyn Waugh
The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLODDISH»

Discover the use of cloddish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cloddish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The American Mystery: American Literature from Emerson to ...
Our thoughts, on the contrary, were fast becoming cloddish. Our labor symbolized nothing.' This is only a disillusioning deflation if you feel it must symbolise something or else, in Melville's words, be of little worth. In an admittedly very diluted ...
Tony Tanner, 2000
2
The Tattooed Treatise: Breaking Down Mind/body Binaries in ...
Most modern scholars analyze bodies with reference to race, gender, and sexuality.
Charles T. Guy-McAlpin, 2009
3
The Dragon Who Loved Me
The first daughter of a warrior family, Rhona the Fearless finds her resolve to never surrender to any man tested when she is paired up with barbarian Vigholf the Abhorrent on a deadly mission in enemy territory.
G.A. Aiken, 2011
4
Woman's Wit ... Second edition
if none of these, a man Of cloddish nature, base and ignorant! SIR. VALENTINE. Oh ! say not cloddish nature! Say not base Nor ignorant ! It is the dignity Of man, that the bright stars do tempt his mind To scan the empyrean where they sit, ...
James Sheridan KNOWLES, 1838
5
Skiing
"Frabert" is actually a stuffed monkey with a cast on one leg (courtesy of a local MD), meant to reflect his cloddish disposition. In a tradition dating back to the Hell - roaring Ski Club days of 1960, Big Mountain ski patrollers dish out a weekly ...
6
Dramatic Works: The love-chase. Woman's wit; or, Love's ...
... acquaintance Can justify—approve thee void of truth, Unwise, or mad !—if none of these, a man Of cloddish nature, base and ignorant! VOL. 11. G Sir V al. Oh! say not cloddish nature ! Say Lovn's DISGUISES. 81.
James Sheridan Knowles, 1856
7
The Dramatic Works of James Sheridan Knowles: The love ...
... Unwise, or mad ! — if none of these, a man Of cloddish nature, base and ignorant ! VOL. II. G Sir Val. Oh ! say not cloddish nature ! Say love's disguises.
James Sheridan Knowles, 1859
8
The Dramatic Works of James Sheridan Knowles: The wife: a ...
if none of these, a man Of cloddish nature, base and ignorant ! Sir Vol. Oh ! say not cloddish nature ! Say not base, Nor ignorant ! It is the dignity Of man, that the bright stars do tempt his mind To soar the empyrean where they sit, Placed infinite ...
James Sheridan Knowles, 1841
9
The love-chase. Woman's wit. The maid of Mariendorpt. Love. ...
... if none of these, a man Of cloddish nature, base and ignorant ! VOL. II. G Sir Val. Oh ! say not cloddish nature ! Say love's disguises. si.
James Sheridan Knowles, 1864
10
The Monthly Review
if none of these, a man Of cloddish nature, base and ignorant ! Sir Valentine. Oh ! say not cloddish nature ! Say not base Nor ignorant ! It is the dignity Of man, that the bright stars do tempt his mind To scan the empyrean where they sit, Plac'd ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLODDISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cloddish is used in the context of the following news items.
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What if we treated American NBA prospects the same dumb way we …
Both cloddish big men who lacked the versatility to succeed in the NBA. Why do teams continue to take chances on American born-and-bred ... «SB Nation, Jun 15»
2
Havana: one of the world's great cities on the brink of a fraught …
But, hobbled both by the nature of Cuban communism and thuggish, cloddish US attempts at intervention and destabilisation, so too a gradual ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
3
FDA: Trans fats are banned starting in 2016 An error occurred.
Kudos to the FDA and Uncle Sam for saving me from the consequences of my cloddish insistence on occasional unhealthy splurges. «Hot Air, Jun 15»
4
Painting's Point Man
Such early, determinedly cloddish figurative works in the New Museum show as “Self-Portrait as a Dutch Woman” (1983)—in which he sports a ... «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
5
The Chris Christie doctrine on foreign policy: What would Tony …
... “stepping on rakes” everywhere he goes because unlike all the other clumsy and cloddish GOP Governors abroad, his entire appeal, such as ... «Salon, Jun 15»
6
Review - 'Singin'' at Thalian Hall endearing but not quite there yet
... they're romantically linked in the press but not behind the scenes, where Don can't stand the cloddish Lina, whose attraction to him is solely ... «StarNewsOnline.com, May 15»
7
Madonna, misogyny and the menopause
But it was not so much the initial cloddish, uncouth reaction of the rapper as the wider response afterwards which howled of ageism and ... «Irish Examiner, May 15»
8
The Little Foxes
As Oscar and Birdie's spineless, cloddish son Leo, Dan Waller walks off with every scene he's in. Leo's sense of entitlement makes him ... «TheaterMania.com, May 15»
9
AB InBev Apologizes for Bud Light's Ill-Advised New Slogan
... are concerned with issues such as on-campus sexual assaults and date-rape drugs, Bud's choice of words seems particularly cloddish. «brandchannel.com, Apr 15»
10
Enlightenment doesn't have a postal code
... as a "boondocks wasteland untouched by culture, un-softened by conversation or manners, home to hayseeds, rubes, and cloddish boors.". «The Kingston Whig-Standard, Apr 15»

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