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- DictionaryAwk·ward/ˈôkwərd/
adjective
- 1. causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with: "some awkward questions"
- 2. causing or feeling embarrassment or inconvenience: "you have put me in a very awkward position"
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.
lacking grace or ease in movement: an awkward gesture; an awkward dancer. Synonyms: uncoordinated, clumsy, maladroit, gawky, ungainly, graceless. Antonyms: graceful. lacking social graces or manners: a simple, awkward frontiersman. Synonyms: unpolished, unrefined, gauche, ill-bred, unmannerly, ill-mannered, oafish.
5 days ago · Definition of 'awkward' Word Frequency. awkward. (ɔkwərd ) 1. adjective. An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with. I was the first to ask him awkward questions but there'll be harder ones to come. Synonyms: embarrassing, difficult, compromising, sensitive More Synonyms of awkward. awkwardly adverb [ADV adj/-ed]
adjective. uk / ˈɔːkwəd / us. awkward adjective (DIFFICULT) Add to word list. B2. difficult or causing problems: an awkward customer. an awkward question. Fewer examples. You're just being awkward! Don't be so awkward. Some of the questions were rather awkward. awkward adjective (EMBARRASSING) B2. embarrassing and not relaxed:
Not having grace or skill; clumsy, as in form or movement; bungling. An awkward dancer, an awkward style. Webster's New World. Not dexterous; clumsy. American Heritage. Inconvenient to use; hard to handle; unwieldy. An awkward tool. Webster's New World. Clumsily or unskillfully performed. The opera was marred by an awkward aria. American Heritage.
clumsy. lacking grace or ease in movement: an awkward gesture; an awkward dancer. lacking social graces or manners: a simple, awkward frontiersman. not well planned or designed for easy or effective use: an awkward instrument; an awkward method. requiring caution; somewhat hazardous; dangerous: an awkward turn in the road. hard to deal with;
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English awk‧ward /ˈɔːkwəd $ ˈɒːkwərd/ S3 adjective 1 making you feel embarrassed so that you are not sure what to do or say SYN difficult I hoped he would stop asking awkward questions.
