Ungainly vs Bumble - What's the difference?
ungainly | bumble |
clumsy; lacking grace.
* Macaulay
difficult to move or to manage; unwieldy.
(obsolete) unsuitable; unprofitable
To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes.
To boom, as a bittern; to buzz, as a fly.
As an adjective ungainly
is clumsy; lacking grace.As a noun bumble is
a confusion, jumble or bumble can be a bumble-bee.As a verb bumble is
to act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes or bumble can be to boom, as a bittern; to buzz, as a fly.ungainly
English
Adjective
(er)- His ungainly figure and eccentric manners.
- (Hammond)
bumble
English
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeia. English onomatopoeias Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.Verb
(bumbl)- Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them.
