Gormy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡɔːmi/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Gormy is an adjective meaning (British, chiefly Northern England, US, chiefly New England) Awkward, clumsy, klutzy, ungainly.
Meaning
(British, chiefly Northern England, US, chiefly New England) Awkward, clumsy, klutzy, ungainly.
More Meanings
- (British, US, chiefly Southern US) Alternative spelling of gaumy (“sticky, smeared with something sticky; grimy”).
Example Sentences
The first thing you have got to do is to wash them gormy 'ands [...]
Just the sort of place gormy Eugene would pick to hold a family get-together.
Kimball was never one to argue with a comrade's eyes and ears, not even those of a gormy jeezer like Connolly.
The Killian boy was carrying a chair, and making difficulties with it; he was what old-time Yankees would have called "a gormy lad."
Synonyms for gormy
Depending on context, synonyms include gorming.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gorming, gawming, groady, gorky, gaumless, groty.
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