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awkward
adjective as in clumsy, inelegant
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Weak matches
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
adjective as in difficult to handle
Strongest matches
annoying, cumbersome, dangerous, inconvenient, perilous, risky, troublesome, uncomfortable, unwieldy
Weak matches
bulky, chancy, cramped, disagreeable, discommodious, hard to use, hazardous, incommodious, unhandy, unmanageable
adjective as in embarrassing
Strongest matches
delicate, difficult, embarrassed, inconvenient, painful, ticklish, troublesome, uncomfortable, unpleasant
Weak matches
compromising, ill at ease, inopportune, perplexing, sticky, thorny, trying, untimely
Example Sentences
“Suddenly, instead of being an awkward teenager, she just looks incredibly, magnificently gorgeous.”
And how awkward could it be if he finds himself on the losing side of the argument?
He said Woodward was a socially awkward young man who suffered for years with undiagnosed autism and felt a “starvation for human connection” exploited by the extremist group.
There was no rushing attack and a couple of snaps from center put the quarterbacks in awkward positions.
Yet those three days of awkward testimony, and a 775-page witness statement, will still provide plenty of food for thought for Sir Wyn as he prepares his report.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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