'bumbling' definitions:
Definition of 'bumbling'
From: WordNet
adjective
Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse [syn: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed]
Definition of 'bumbling'
From: GCIDE
- bumbling \bumbling\ adj. not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; as, a bumbling mechanic.
- Syn: bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'bumbling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- all thumbs,
- awkward,
- blunderheaded,
- blundering,
- boorish,
- bungling,
- butterfingered,
- careless,
- clownish,
- clumsy,
- clumsy-fisted,
- cumbersome,
- fingers all thumbs,
- fumbling,
- gauche,
- gawkish,
- gawky,
- graceless,
- halting,
- ham-fisted,
- ham-handed,
- heavy-handed,
- hulking,
- hulky,
- inelegant,
- inept,
- left-hand,
- left-handed,
- loutish,
- lubberly,
- lumbering,
- lumpish,
- maladroit,
- oafish,
- ponderous,
- sloppy,
- stiff,
- uncouth,
- ungainly,
- ungraceful,
- unhandy,
- unhappy,
- unwieldy,
- wooden