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Meaning of "clottish" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLOTTISH

clottish  [ˈklɒtɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLOTTISH

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

WHAT DOES CLOTTISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of clottish in the English dictionary

The definition of clottish in the dictionary is stupid; foolish. Other definition of clottish is formed into soft thick lumps.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLOTTISH


British
ˈbrɪtɪʃ
brutish
ˈbruːtɪʃ
cultish
ˈkʌltɪʃ
fetich
ˈfetɪʃ
fetish
ˈfɛtɪʃ
flattish
ˈflætɪʃ
hottish
ˈhɒtɪʃ
Kentish
ˈkɛntɪʃ
lightish
ˈlaɪtɪʃ
pettish
ˈpɛtɪʃ
Pictish
ˈpɪktɪʃ
saltish
ˈsɔːltɪʃ
sansculottish
ˌsɒŋkjʊˈlɒtɪʃ
Scottish
ˈskɒtɪʃ
shortish
ˈʃɔːtɪʃ
skittish
ˈskɪtɪʃ
sluttish
ˈslʌtɪʃ
sottish
ˈsɒtɪʃ
sweetish
ˈswiːtɪʃ
whitish
ˈwaɪtɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLOTTISH

clothes shop
clothes tree
clothes-press
clotheshorse
clothesline
clothespin
clothier
clothing
clothing allowance
Clotho
Clotilda
clotted
clotted cream
clotter
clottiness
clotting
clotting factor
clotty
cloture
cloture rule

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLOTTISH

anti-British
cattish
coltish
coquettish
doltish
faintish
fattish
latish
loutish
novelettish
ooftish
pro-British
rattish
ruttish
softish
soubrettish
the Scottish
tittish
uncoquettish
wettish

Synonyms and antonyms of clottish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «clottish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLOTTISH

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

Translator English - Chinese

clottish
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

clottish
570 millions of speakers

English

clottish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

clottish
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

clottish
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

clottish
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

clottish
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

clottish
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clottish
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Clottish
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

trottelig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

clottish
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

clottish
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Clottish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

clottish
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

clottish
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्लॉशिश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

clottish
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clottish
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

clottish
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

clottish
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clottish
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

clottish
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

clottish
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

clottish
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

clottish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clottish

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLOTTISH»

The term «clottish» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.697 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLOTTISH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «clottish» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «clottish» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLOTTISH»

Discover the use of clottish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clottish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Holiday
Clottish blood shutting out sun and making their faces sallow, hard . . blood should foam, blood should flood. . . They are coming clottish thick from the Revival Tent: and the preacher has failed. — God ain't so easy to reach like He used to be.
Waldo David Frank, 2003
2
The Evolution of Educational Thought: Lectures on the ...
... know how to take his place in society: 'Although his father realised that he was working very hard at his studies...they were nevertheless doing him' no good and the worst of it was that he was becoming a thoroughly clottish, dozy simpleton'.
Emile Durkheim, 2013
3
The Fledglings
Tibbets-Smyth could not believe he had been so clottish as to put himself in this position as the result of a stupid challenge. He had successfully resisted his father's urging over the years that he follow family tradition and to embark on a military ...
Howard E. Adkins, 2009
4
Wheels of Destiny
Men can be so clottish when it comes to understanding the deepest desires of us women. Buy yourself that cotton, girl and make yourself a nice dress.” “Thank you , Aunt Madge,” Sara said delightedly. “Oh, its great. I've wanted to buy it for ...
Miki Curran, 2005
5
All In A Golden Afternoon
The only excuse that the clottish male human can offer, is that an ass is probably not a donkey, but that it is more likely to be a mule. Try another one you hairy bearded male, or the Boss will zap you with the reduction of brownie points.
Stu Ready, 2008
6
Speak Up 5 Teacher's Manual1st Ed. 2007
(repeat 3x) Cold cream clings in clottish clods. (repeat 3x) Crazy cooks cut chunky chips for cheeky chaps. (repeat 3x) D. Show 1. Review the topic on Thanksgiving. List down their ideas about it. 2. Have the class engage in a Poster -making ...
Diaz, Ma. Leonora Et Al
7
Revenge of the Damned (Sten #5)
Then one day Sten was well enough to make a major discovery— not only was he known by the rather clottish name of Horatio, but Warrant Officer Kilgour outranked him. Somehow, he knew that had been carefully plotted by Alex back in the ...
Allan Cole, Chris Bunch, 2011
8
English Language Word Builder
... YTTRIOUS ANATEXIS BIOLYSIS DIERESIS EPITASIS GRACILIS KYPHOSIS ORCHESIS PYCNOSIS HAUTBOIS BLIMPISH BROADISH CLOTTISH DROOGISH WINTRILY BERYLINE ICTERINE OSCININE RESUPINE STRIGINE UNDIVINE ...
Bob Jackman, 2012
9
The Iron Stallions
Not so clumsy and clottish as me.' By this time the fields of Kent and Sussex were strewn with the incinerated wreckage of aircraft, and more than once Josh saw cars go past the house containing captured German aircrew. Late in September ...
Max Hennessy, 2001
10
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Last Plays
3 69), a transgendering of his role as father of his kingdom to fulfil the part left sterile by his 'wicked Queen' (461) who fitly brought forth only her clottish son. Future fruitfulness and peace — the motifs stressed in Cranmer's prophecy of the  ...
Catherine M. S. Alexander, 2009

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLOTTISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clottish is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Obama's Secret Service has become sloppy with its delusions of …
Once again, the gravity of that incident and the clottish response of the agency were never fully revealed until this week. And again we are ... «The Independent, Oct 14»
2
Vert-Vert, Garsington Opera at Wormsley, review
He turns out to be not so clottish after all, but the intrigue, romantic and comic, is all paper-thin and without ingenuity. The music really isn't ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»
3
Haluk Bilginer and Melisa Sozen in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's 'Winter Sleep'
Filled with clottish dialogue and see-to-disbelieve performances (from Kidman Agonistes to Derek Jacobi trilling away as a protocol-coaching ... «Financial Times, May 14»
4
Arnaldur Indridason interview
... (for his novel Silence of the Grave), after which the clottish decision was made that translated novels would no longer be eligible for the prize. «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 13»
5
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec (12A)
She's played with just the right level of pertness by newcomer Bourgoin, outmatching both the clottish authorities at home and the dastardly ... «The Independent, Apr 11»
6
Widowers' Houses, Manchester Royal Exchange, review
With excellent work from newcomer Ben Addis as the clottish Trench, Ian Shaw as his complacent friend Cokane, and Ian Bartholomew as ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 09»

REFERENCE
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