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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

Opposite:

graceful

Examples of awkward

"awkward and reserved at parties"
"an awkward bundle to carry"
"an awkward prose style"
"awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"
"an awkward pause followed his remark"
"they arrived at an awkward time"
"an awkward dancer"
"an awkward gesture"
"too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"
"his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"