embarrassing; clumsy; inconvenient
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Awkward Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Awkward Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy.
Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy.
(a.)
Perverse; adverse; untoward.
Perverse; adverse; untoward.
(a.)
Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutNot easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
awkward
\awk"ward\ (&add;k"we&etilde;rd), a. [awk + -ward.]
1. wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy. and dropped an awkward courtesy.
2. not easily managed or effected; embarrassing. a long and awkward process. an awkward affair is one that has gone wrong, and is difficult to adjust. j. smith.
3. perverse; adverse; untoward. [obs.] "awkward casualties." "awkward wind." o blind guides, which being of an awkward religion, do strain out a gnat, and swallow up a cancel.
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awkward squad
Carbwl = a. clumsy, awkward
Chwithio = v. to feel awkward
Dichwith = a. not awkward
Diechwith = a. not awkward
Dilun = a. awkward; formless
Echwith = a adverse; awkward
Gochwith = a. rather awkward
Adjective
1. causing inconvenience; "they arrived at an awkward time"
(similar) inconvenient
2. 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"
(antonym) graceful
(similar) gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy
(see-also) maladroit
3. 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"
(synonym) bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly
(similar) unwieldy, unmanageable
4. 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?"
(synonym) clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen
(similar) infelicitous
5. 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"
(synonym) embarrassing, sticky, unenviable
(similar) difficult, hard
6. not at ease socially; 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"
(synonym) ill at ease(p), uneasy
(similar) uncomfortable
Awkward Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Awkward. is an American teen drama which premiered on July 19, 2011 on MTV. The show revolves around the life of 15-year-old Jenna Hamilton (Ashley Rickards), who is struggling with her identity, especially after an accident is misconstrued as a suicide attempt.
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Awkwardness is an unpleasant feeling, which can often arise in tense atmospheres where one doesn't really know how to act or what to say. Awkward situations can possibly later cause a form of anxiety. TV sitcoms often feature awkward situations, where one character misinterprets another person's words or actions, as the basis of comedy.
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Awkward Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
adjective
difficult to reach or to find or to deal with; the tumour is in a very awkward position for surgery
difficult to reach or to find or to deal with; the tumour is in a very awkward position for surgery
The '3' 
hands, palms down, move alternately up and down before the body.
