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All clunker synonyms

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noun clunker

  • coupe — A coupé is a car with a fixed roof, a sloping back, two doors, and seats for four people.
  • motorcar — Chiefly British. an automobile.
  • roadster — an early automobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a large trunk or a rumble seat.
  • rattletrap — a shaky, rattling object, as a rickety vehicle.
  • tin lizzie — a small, cheap automobile in run-down condition, especially a Model T Ford.
  • bucket of bolts — (Idiomatic) A piece of machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value, often of old cars.
  • gas guzzler — an automobile that has low fuel efficiency, getting relatively few miles per gallon.
  • oil burner — a furnace, boiler, or other device that burns fuel oil.
  • bull in a china shop — If you say that someone rushes into a situation like a bull in a china shop, you are critical of them because they do not stop to think, and are insensitive to other people's feelings.
  • foozle — act of foozling, especially a bad stroke in golf.
  • waggon — Alternative spelling of wagon.
  • old — far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
  • touring car — an open automobile designed for five or more passengers.

adj clunker

  • massive — consisting of or forming a large mass; bulky and heavy: massive columns.
  • oppressive — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
  • unmanageable — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
  • wearisome — causing weariness; fatiguing: a difficult and wearisome march.
  • weighty — having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous: a weighty bundle.
  • cumbrous — cumbersome
  • incommodious — inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room; uncomfortable: incommodious hotel accommodations.
  • clunking — a hard hit, especially on the head.
  • clunky — If you describe something as clunky, you mean that it is solid, heavy, and rather awkward.
  • galumphing — to move along heavily and clumsily.
  • unhandy — not skillful in manual work: He's unhandy when it comes to fixing things around the house.
  • hefty — heavy; weighty: a hefty book.
  • leaden — inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move: a leaden weight; leaden feet.

adjective clunker

  • awkward — An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
  • clumsy — A clumsy person moves or handles things in a careless, awkward way, often so that things are knocked over or broken.
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