Awkward

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Definitions:

Noun

Definition: Someone or something that is awkward.

Adjective

awkward

Definition: causing inconvenience; "they arrived at an awkward time"

awkward

Definition: lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"

awkward bunglesome clumsy ungainly

Definition: difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"

awkward clumsy cumbersome inapt inept ill-chosen

Definition: not elegant or graceful in expression; "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?"

awkward embarrassing sticky unenviable

Definition: hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "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"

awkward ill at ease uneasy

Definition: socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"

Definition: Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.

Adverb

Definition: In a backwards direction.