Awkward
Bumbling
Bumbling adjective - Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.
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Awkward is a synonym for bumbling in clumsy topic. You can use "Awkward" instead an adjective "Bumbling", if it concerns topics such as ability, uncouth, unskillful, blundering. popular alternative
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Don't Fear the Reaper: Death, who is actually a bit bumbling and awkward (but very sweet and an utter gentleman).
Source: Webcomic / Johnny Wander -
Notably, Thor and Sif spend most of their story inverting this trope, showing their Love at First Sight (which was mutual) through portraying themselves as young and awkward and bumbling while the other is portrayed as a divine figure of perfection.
Source: Comic Book / Valhalla -
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Dr Griffith is bumbling and awkward when faced with Joanna's bold, flirtatious, big-city personality, and his idea of courting is showing her pictures of diseased internal organs.
Source: Literature / The Moving Finger
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