awkward, adj.
freq. cnt. 9
freq. cnt. 9
causing inconvenience
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
awkward
lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
awkward
sample sentences
"an awkward dancer""an awkward gesture"
"too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"
"his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"
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difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
awkward bunglesome clumsy ungainly
sample sentences
"an awkward bundle to carry""a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"
"clumsy wooden shoes"
"the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
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socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
<adj.all> (p)
awkward ill at ease uneasy
sample sentences
"awkward and reserved at parties""ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"
"was always uneasy with strangers"
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hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
awkward embarrassing sticky unenviable
sample sentences
"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 to save for the climax of the campaign"
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not elegant or graceful in expression
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
awkward clumsy cumbersome ill-chosen inapt inept
sample sentences
"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?"
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