AWKWARD as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • not at ease socially
   • unsure and constrained in manner
   Synonym(s)
   • ill at ease(p) (what does ill at ease(p) mean?)
   • uneasy (what does uneasy mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • awkward and reserved at parties
   • ill at ease among eddies of people he didn”t know
   • was always uneasy with strangers
   Similar To
   • uncomfortable (what does uncomfortable mean?)
2. Meaning
   • causing inconvenience
   Usage Example(s)
   • they arrived at an awkward time
   Similar To
   • inconvenient (what does inconvenient mean?)
3. Meaning
   • hard to deal with
   • especially causing pain or embarrassment
   Synonym(s)
   • embarrassing (what does embarrassing mean?)
   • sticky (what does sticky mean?)
   • unenviable (what does unenviable mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion
   • an awkward pause followed his remark
   • a sticky question
   • in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned
   Similar To
   • difficult (what does difficult mean?)
   • hard (what does hard mean?)
4. Meaning
   • not elegant or graceful in expression
   Synonym(s)
   • clumsy (what does clumsy mean?)
   • cumbersome (what does cumbersome mean?)
   • ill-chosen (what does ill-chosen mean?)
   • inapt (what does inapt mean?)
   • inept (what does inept mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an awkward prose style
   • a clumsy apology
   • his cumbersome writing style
   • if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
   Similar To
   • infelicitous (what does infelicitous mean?)
5. Meaning
   • lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
   Usage Example(s)
   • an awkward dancer
   • an awkward gesture
   • too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes
   • his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot
   Antonym(s)
   • graceful (what does graceful mean?)
   Similar To
   • gawky (what does gawky mean?)
   • clumsy (what does clumsy mean?)
   • clunky (what does clunky mean?)
   • ungainly (what does ungainly mean?)
   • unwieldy (what does unwieldy mean?)
   • graceless (what does graceless mean?)
   • ungraceful (what does ungraceful mean?)
   • labored (what does labored mean?)
   • laboured (what does laboured mean?)
   • strained (what does strained mean?)
   • wooden (what does wooden mean?)
   See Also
   • maladroit (what does maladroit mean?)
   • ugly (what does ugly mean?)
6. Meaning
   • difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
   Synonym(s)
   • bunglesome (what does bunglesome mean?)
   • clumsy (what does clumsy mean?)
   • ungainly (what does ungainly mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an awkward bundle to carry
   • a load of bunglesome paraphernalia
   • clumsy wooden shoes
   • the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl
   Similar To
   • unwieldy (what does unwieldy mean?)
   • unmanageable (what does unmanageable mean?)