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awkward adjective
Meaning : Causing inconvenience.
Example :
They arrived at an awkward time.
Meaning : Lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance.
Example :
An awkward dancer.
An awkward gesture.
Too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes.
His clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot.
Characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution.
gracefulMeaning : Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
Example :
An awkward bundle to carry.
A load of bunglesome paraphernalia.
Clumsy wooden shoes.
The cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl.
Synonyms : bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly
Meaning : Not elegant or graceful in expression.
Example :
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?.
Synonyms : clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept
Meaning : Hard to deal with. Especially causing pain or embarrassment.
Example :
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.
Synonyms : embarrassing, sticky, unenviable
Meaning : Socially uncomfortable. Unsure and constrained in manner.
Example :
Awkward and reserved at parties.
Ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know.
Was always uneasy with strangers.
Synonyms : ill at ease, uneasy
