Definitions

awkward

[awk-werd] / ˈɔk wərd /

ADJECTIVE

clumsy, inelegant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amateurish rude stiff

WEAK

all thumbs artless blundering bulky bumbling bungling butterfingers coarse floundering gawky graceless green having two left feet having two left hands incompetent inept inexpert klutzy lumbering maladroit oafish stumbling uncoordinated uncouth unfit ungainly ungraceful unhandy unpolished unrefined unskilled unskillful

Antonyms

WEAK

adroit artful clever convenient dexterous easy elegant graceful handy skillful straightforward

ADJECTIVE

difficult to handle

Synonyms

STRONGEST

annoying cumbersome dangerous inconvenient perilous risky troublesome uncomfortable unwieldy

WEAK

bulky chancy cramped disagreeable discommodious hard to use hazardous incommodious unhandy unmanageable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

convenient easy helpful safe secure

WEAK

adroit artful clever dexterous elegant graceful handy skillful straightforward

ADJECTIVE

embarrassing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delicate difficult embarrassed inconvenient painful ticklish troublesome uncomfortable unpleasant

WEAK

compromising ill at ease inopportune perplexing sticky thorny trying untimely

Antonyms

STRONGEST

delightful easy helpful painless pleasant straightforward

WEAK

adroit artful clever convenient dexterous elegant graceful handy skillful

Example Sentences

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The attack snapped into shape, asking awkward questions out wide, kicking with intelligence and offering punch though the middle.

From BBC

"What I think is really awkward is you can finish the point and then ask for that," she said.

From BBC

The Sun's Felicity Cross gave it five stars, saying that despite being "awkward", it was "endearing, and full of fun banter".

From BBC

“A CPA has to normalize awkward topics,” she said.

From MarketWatch

For the Bank of Japan, soaring energy costs avoid the awkward situation of having to defend further rate hikes at a time when headline inflation is below the 2% target, said Capital Economics’ Marcel Thieliant.

From The Wall Street Journal

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