awkward

Plural: awkwards

Adjective Satellite

• causing inconvenience
  • "they arrived at an awkward time"
• difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
  • "an awkward bundle to carry"
• not elegant or graceful in expression
  • "an awkward prose style"
• hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
  • "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"
  • "an awkward pause followed his remark"
• socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
  • "awkward and reserved at parties"

Adjective

• Lacking grace, skill, or causing difficulty.
• 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"

Adj

• Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.
• Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
• Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction.
• Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle.

Noun

• Someone or something that is awkward.

Examples

• An awkward silence had fallen.
• He made an awkward placement that blocked his own best scoring lane.
• He's a right awkward chap.
• I'm very awkward at parties.
• John was awkward at performing the trick. He'll have to practice to improve.
• That was an extremely awkward moment. Everyone was watching.
• These cabinets are going to be very awkward when we move.
• Things got awkward when my boss tried a cheesy pick-up line on me.

Synonyms

bunglesome, clumsy, cumbersome, embarrassing, ill at ease, ill-chosen, inapt, inept, sticky, uneasy, unenviable, ungainly, gawky, lubberly, maladroit, ungraceful, unhandy

Antonyms

graceful, amiable, cool, dexterous, gainly, handy, skillful

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