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Defenition of the word awkward

    • Defenition of the word awkward

      • Lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance.
      • Difficult to handle, because of shape.
      • causing inconvenience; "they arrived at an awkward time"
      • lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"
      • difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
      • not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
      • hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"
      • not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"
      • not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn''t know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"
      • hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned
      • socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
      • causing inconvenience
      • hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
      • not elegant or graceful in expression
      • lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
      • difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

    Synonyms for the word awkward

      • bulky
      • bunglesome
      • clumsy
      • complex
      • cumbersome
      • difficult
      • difficult to maneuver
      • discomfited
      • discomforted
      • embarrassed
      • embarrassing
      • gauche
      • gawky
      • graceless
      • hard
      • ill at ease
      • ill-chosen
      • inapt
      • inelegant
      • inept
      • knotty
      • out of your depth
      • problematic
      • self-conscious
      • sticky
      • thorny
      • tongue-tied
      • tricky
      • uncomfortable
      • uncoordinated
      • uneasy
      • unenviable
      • ungainly
      • unwieldy

    Similar words in the awkward

      • awkward
      • awkwarder
      • awkwardest
      • awkwardly
      • awkwardness
      • awkwardness's
      • clumsy
      • clunky
      • difficult
      • gawky
      • graceless
      • hard
      • inconvenient
      • infelicitous
      • labored
      • laboured
      • maladroit
      • strained
      • ugly
      • uncomfortable
      • ungainly
      • ungraceful
      • unmanageable
      • unwieldy
      • wooden

    Antonyms for the word awkward

      • graceful

    Idioms for the word awkward

      • awkward age
      • awkward gait
      • awkward situation
      • be awkward
      • it is awkward
      • it's awkward

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