gorming
gorming adjective: clumsy, lumbering, stupid. Also the present participle and gerund of gorm.
Adjective
gorming
- Clumsy, lumbering, stupid.
- He was a giant fellow, -— a "great gorming cutter,” Samantha Ann Millikeu called him; but if he had held up his head and straightened his broad shoulders, he would have been thought a man of splendid presence.1894, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 73, page 771
- […] to help satisfy the ravenous appetites of that couple of "great, gorming, greedy lubbers" that he was hiring this year.1913, Kate Douglas Wiggin, The story of Waitstill Baxter, page 134
- Synonyms:
- gormy
Also used as
gorming is also the present participle and gerund of gorm.
Examples of gorming in a sentence
- "Great, gorming thing," he announced, and removed himself rapidly from its vicinity.1937, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 159, page 638:
- A streak of lack, no get-up-and-go, always late in the tide, not sprawl enough to dig his potatoes, no faculty at all, a gump, a gawk, a gowk, a goop, a great gorming lummox.1966, The Yale Literary Magazine, volume 135, number 1, page 47:
Synonyms of gorming
Forms of gorming
| alternative form | gawming |
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Questions about gorming
- What does gorming mean?
- Gorming means clumsy, lumbering, stupid.
- How do you use gorming in a sentence?
- "Great, gorming thing," he announced, and removed himself rapidly from its vicinity.
- What part of speech is gorming?
- Gorming is an adjective.
Words near gorming in the dictionary
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