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awkward

/'ɔkwərd/

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adjective
socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
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"awkward and reserved at parties"

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ill at ease uneasy uncomfortable
adjective
difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
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"an awkward bundle to carry"

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bunglesome clumsy ungainly unwieldy unmanageable
adjective
not elegant or graceful in expression
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"an awkward prose style"

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clumsy cumbersome ill-chosen inapt inept infelicitous
adjective
hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
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"awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion" "an awkward pause followed his remark"

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embarrassing sticky unenviable difficult hard
adjective
causing inconvenience
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"they arrived at an awkward time"

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inconvenient
adjective
lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
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"an awkward dancer" "an awkward gesture" "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes" "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"

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ungainly ungraceful wooden clunky gawky graceless labored laboured strained unwieldy clumsy

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graceful

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