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awkward
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awkward as in causing inconvenience
- “they arrived at an awkward time“
awkward as in 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“
awkward as in 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“
Synonyms
- bunglesome difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
- clumsy lacking grace in movement or posture; not elegant or graceful in expression; difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; showing lack of skill or aptitude
- ungainly lacking grace in movement or posture; difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
awkward as in 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?“
Synonyms
- clumsy lacking grace in movement or posture; not elegant or graceful in expression; difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; showing lack of skill or aptitude
- cumbersome difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; not elegant or graceful in expression
- inapt not elegant or graceful in expression
- inept not elegant or graceful in expression; generally incompetent and ineffectual; revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
- ill-chosen not elegant or graceful in expression
awkward as in 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“
Synonyms
- embarrassing hard to deal with; causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
- sticky having the sticky properties of an adhesive ; moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body; hot or warm and humid; hard to deal with; covered with an adhesive material
- unenviable hard to deal with; so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy
awkward as in socially uncomfortable
- “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“
Synonyms
- ill at ease(p)
- uneasy lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance; lacking or not affording physical or mental rest; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; socially uncomfortable; relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort