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  1. awkward, clumsy, maladroit, inept, gauche mean not marked by ease (as of performance, movement, or social conduct). awkward is widely applicable and may suggest unhandiness, inconvenience, lack of muscular control, embarrassment, or lack of tact.

  2. AWKWARD definition: 1. difficult to use, do, or deal with: 2. causing problems, worry, or embarrassment: 3…. Learn more.

  3. Synonyms for AWKWARD: uncomfortable, uneasy, clumsy, embarrassed, ungraceful, inelegant, gauche, wooden; Antonyms of AWKWARD: graceful, suave, urbane, cool, confident, composed, collected, calm

  4. not well planned or designed for easy or effective use: an awkward instrument; an awkward method. Synonyms: unmanageable, troublesome, difficult, inconvenient, cumbersome, unwieldy. requiring caution; somewhat hazardous: an awkward turn in the road.

  5. difficult to use, do, or deal with: It's an awkward corner, so take it slowly. Some of the questions were rather awkward. It was an awkward ascent, but we reached the top eventually. [ + to infinitive ] My car's quite awkward to drive. He's an awkward customer (= a difficult person to deal with).

  6. adjective. 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”. synonyms: maladroit. not adroit.

  7. Find 111 different ways to say AWKWARD, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.

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