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clumsed

clumsed is the simple past and past participle of clumse.

Meaning of clumse

Verb

clumse (third-person singular simple present clumses, present participle clumsing, simple past and past participle clumsed)

  1. (transitive) To numb; benumb; stiffen or paralyse with cold or fear
  2. (intransitive) To be numb or benumbed; be stiffened or paralysed with cold or fear
  3. (Scotland, dialectal) To die of thirst

See all 6 meanings of clumse

Questions about clumsed

What is clumsed the simple past and past participle of?
Clumsed is the simple past and past participle of clumse.

Words near clumsed in the dictionary

  1. clumps
  2. clumps up
  3. clumpy
  4. Clums
  5. clumse
  6. clumsed
  7. clumses
  8. clumsier
  9. clumsies
  10. clumsiest
  11. clumsily

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clumsed (page history and authors); clumse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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