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adj. Not graceful; ungainly.

adj. Not dexterous; clumsy.

adj. Clumsily or unskillfully performed: The opera was marred by an awkward aria.

adj. Difficult to handle or manage: an awkward bundle to carry.

adj. Difficult to effect; uncomfortable: an awkward pose.

adj. Marked by or causing embarrassment or discomfort: an awkward remark; an awkward silence.

adj. Requiring great tact, ingenuity, skill, and discretion: An awkward situation arose during the peace talks.

ad. In a backwards direction.

adj. Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments

adj. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing

adj. Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction

adj. Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle

adj. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful

adj. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.

adj. Perverse; adverse; untoward.

In the wrong direction; in the wrong way; backward.

Asquint.

Awkwardly; clumsily.

Turned the wrong way; backhanded.

Perverted; perverse.

Untoward; adverse.

Ill adapted for use or handling; unhandy in operation; clumsy: as, awkward instruments or contrivances.

Wanting dexterity or skill in action or movement; clumsy in doing anything, as in using tools or implements; bungling.

Ungraceful in action or person; ungainly; uncouth: as, awkward gestures; the awkward gambols of the elephant.

Embarrassed; not at ease: used in relation to persons: as, an awkward feeling.

Not easily dealt with; troublesome; vexatious; requiring caution: as, an awkward predicament.

Unlucky.

Synonyms and Awkward, Clumsy, Ungainly, Uncouth, Bungling, unhandy, inexpert, unskilful, inapt, lubberly; uncourtly, inelegant, constrained, clownish. Awkward is generally applied to want of ease and grace or skill in bodily movement, especially of the arms or legs: as, an awkward gait; awkward in the use of a tool. Clumsy starts from the notion of heaviness, and consequent unwieldiness or awkwardness in use; it is applicable to the whole body or to any part of it, even when still: as, a clumsy figure; clumsy hands. This difference is also found in the figurative use of the words: a clumsy excuse is one that is put together badly; an awkward excuse is one that may be good, but is not gracefully presented. Ungainly, literally unhandsome, not pleasing to the eye, is applied generally to awkwardness of appearance. Uncouth, literally unknown, uncommon, and so, by a bit of human conceit, uninstructed, untrained, unrefined, sometimes even rude, barbarous: as, uncouth phrases, manners. Bungling, awkward in doing, handling awkwardly, spoiling by awkwardness, in either literal or figurative use: as, he made bungling work of it.

adj. lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance

adj. socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner

adj. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

adj. not elegant or graceful in expression

adj. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment

adj. causing inconvenience

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clunky    wooden    graceless    gawky    laboured    unwieldy    strained    ungainly    labored    ungraceful   

embarrassing    difficulty   

awkwardness    awkwardly   

unbecoming    lubberly    clownish    unhandy    gawky    ungainly    ungraceful    bungling    inelegant    maladroit   

clumsy    uncomfortable    painful    stupid    difficult    nervous    weak