Definition of awkward Awkward
/ɑˈkwɚd/ - [akwerd] - awk•ward
We found 18 definitions of awkward from 6 different sources.
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Adjectiveawkward, awkwarder, awkwardest |
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| awkward - 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" | ||
| graceful characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution | ||
| maladroit not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda" | ||
| ugly displeasing to the senses; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture" | ||
| gawky, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy, clumsy lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair" | ||
| ungraceful, graceless lacking grace; clumsy; "a graceless production of the play"; "his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter Scott | ||
| labored, laboured, strained lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating" | ||
| awkward - 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?" | ||
| clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen | ||
| infelicitous not appropriate in application; defective; "an infelicitous remark"; "infelicitous phrasing"; "the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy" | ||
| awkward - 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" | ||
| ill at ease, uneasy | ||
| uncomfortable providing or experiencing physical discomfort; "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun" | ||
| awkward - 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" | ||
| embarrassing, sticky, unenviable | ||
| difficult, hard not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?" | ||
| awkward - 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" | ||
| bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly | ||
| unwieldy, unmanageable difficult to work or manipulate; "unwieldy rules and regulations" | ||
| awkward - causing inconvenience; "they arrived at an awkward time" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- awkward (Adverb)
In a backwards direction. - awkward (Adjective)
Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments. - awkward (Adjective)
Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing. - awkward (Adjective)
Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction. - awkward (Adjective)
Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- awkward (a.)
Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy. - awkward (a.)
Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing. - awkward (a.)
Perverse; adverse; untoward.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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awkward
Lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance. -
awkward
Difficult to handle, because of shape.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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awkward
awk′ward, adj. clumsy: ungraceful: embarrassed: difficult to deal with: (Shak.) unfavourable: (obs.) froward.—adj. Awk′wardish.—adv. Awk′wardly, clumsily, embarrassingly, dangerously.—n. Awk′wardness. [Prob. Ice. afug, turned wrong way, and suff. -ward, expressing direction.]
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