awkward
Meaning of awkward
adjective
- causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with.
some awkward questions
the wheelbarrow can be awkward to manoeuvre
- causing or feeling uneasy embarrassment or inconvenience.
you have put me in a very awkward position
I felt awkward standing in front of the whole class
- not smooth or graceful; ungainly.
Luther's awkward movements impeded his progress
late Middle English (in the sense ‘the wrong way round, upside down’): from dialect awk ‘backwards, perverse, clumsy’ (from Old Norse afugr ‘turned the wrong way’) + -ward.
Information about awkward
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Hyphenation of awkward
awk-ward
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- awkward is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
awkward synonyms
Meaning bunglesome:
Meaning clumsy:
clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept
Meaning embarrassing:
embarrassing, sticky, unenviable
Meaning ill at ease:
Meaning needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand:
Meaning (of a task, problem, etc.) requiring care and skill because difficult or awkward:
Meaning complicated or detailed and awkward to do or use:
Meaning (of an object) difficult to move because of its size, shape, or weight:
Meaning not easy to handle or manage; awkward:
Meaning literary term for cumbersome:
Meaning bulky and awkward to handle or use:
Meaning causing trouble, difficulties, or discomfort:
Meaning not suitable or proper in the circumstances:
Meaning occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time:
Meaning having or marked by bad fortune; unlucky:
Meaning (of weather) unusual for the time of year:
Meaning causing or feeling slight pain or physical discomfort:
Meaning causing discomfort, unhappiness, or revulsion; disagreeable:
Meaning requiring sensitive or careful handling:
Meaning (of a situation or problem) difficult or tricky and requiring careful handling:
Meaning quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences:
Meaning constituting or presenting a problem:
Meaning involving or constituting a problem:
Meaning causing difficulty or annoyance:
Meaning completely baffling; very puzzling:
Meaning causing distress, difficulty, or trouble:
Meaning causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry:
Meaning making someone feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride:
Meaning (of information or a situation) revealing an embarrassing or incriminating secret about someone:
Meaning unpredictable and potentially dangerous:
Meaning alarming and difficult:
Meaning causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness:
Meaning dishonest or unreliable:
Meaning gnarled:
Meaning feeling or showing embarrassment:
Meaning (especially of a muscle) stretched tight or rigid:
Meaning easily agitated or alarmed:
Meaning tense, nervous, or irritable:
Meaning tense:
Meaning not relaxed or comfortable; tense or uneasy:
Meaning unable to be still; restless:
Meaning (of a person or their movements) clumsy:
Meaning inefficient or inept; clumsy:
Meaning lacking grace, elegance, or charm:
Meaning lacking grace; clumsy:
Meaning having or showing a lack of physical grace, elegance, or refinement:
Meaning not having or showing skill:
Meaning unsophisticated and socially awkward:
Meaning nervously awkward and ungainly:
Meaning (of a person) tall, thin, and awkward in movements or bearing:
Meaning making or characterized by stupid or careless mistakes; clumsy:
Meaning moving in a slow, heavy, awkward way:
Meaning foolish, awkward, or clumsy:
Meaning stiff and awkward in movement or manner:
Meaning not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid:
Meaning energetic but awkward in one's movements or behaviour:
Meaning big and clumsy:
awkward antonyms
Meaning achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties:
Meaning uncomplicated and easy to do or understand:
Meaning fitting in well with a person's needs, activities, and plans:
Meaning free from tension and anxiety:
Meaning having or showing grace or elegance:
Meaning clever or skilful:
Translation of awkward
- French: gauche, malaisé, malcommode, incommode
- German: unbeholfen, ungeschickt, mühsam, beschwerlich
- Spanish: torpe, incapaz, incómodo, incómoda, engorroso, engorrosa
- Italian: goffo, impacciato, maldestro, ingombrante, scomodo
Words that rhyme with awkward
Ward, ward, Americaward, Laward, award, misaward, proaward, reaward, seaward, superaward, thraward, vaward, arcticward, Edward, Godward, Windward, Woodward, adward, amidward, bedward, childward, cloudward, edward, fieldward, godward, groundward, headward, hindward, hoardward, landward, midlandward, midward, redward, strandward, weirdward, windward, woodward, worldward, yondward, Europeward, Eward, Hereward, Leeward, Romeward, Seward, Steward, aforeward, archsteward, battleward, bridgeward
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