Awkward: Synonyms in English

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awkward:
- difficult; tough; awkward; burdensome; hard; heavy; massive; stiff; unpleasant; inconvenient; annoying; bothersome; unwelcome; disagreeable; uncomfortable; ill-at-ease; recalcitrant; against the grain; precarious; worrisome; perilous; critical; review; painful; grievous; full of sadness; pained; exacting; unhandy; clumsy; lanky; gawky; loutish; owlish; doltish; fumbling; embarrassing; uneasy; ill at ease; sticky; unenviable; inept; cumbersome; ill-chosen; inapt; ungainly; bunglesome
- awkward; embarrassing; discomfiting; perplexing; messy; tiresome; painful; clumsy

English

Detailed Synonyms for awkward in English

awkward:

awkward adj

awkward
difficult; tough; awkward; burdensome; hard; heavy; massive; stiff
- difficult adj
- tough adj
- awkward adj
- burdensome adj
- hard adj
- heavy adj
- massive adj
- stiff adj
awkward
unpleasant; inconvenient; awkward; annoying; bothersome; unwelcome; disagreeable
- unpleasant adj
- inconvenient adj
- awkward adj
- annoying adj
- bothersome adj
- unwelcome adj
- disagreeable adj
awkward
uncomfortable; awkward; ill-at-ease
- uncomfortable adj
- awkward adj
- ill-at-ease adj
awkward
awkward; recalcitrant; against the grain
- awkward adj
- recalcitrant adj
- against the grain adj
awkward
precarious; worrisome; awkward; perilous; critical; review; painful; hard
- precarious adj
- worrisome adj
- awkward adj
- perilous adj
- critical adj
- review adj
- painful adj
- hard adj
awkward
awkward; grievous; painful; full of sadness; pained
- awkward adj
- grievous adj
- painful adj
- full of sadness adj
- pained adj
awkward
awkward
- awkward adj
awkward
inconvenient; awkward; disagreeable; bothersome; exacting
- inconvenient adj
- awkward adj
- disagreeable adj
- bothersome adj
- exacting adj
awkward
awkward; unhandy; clumsy; lanky; gawky; loutish; owlish; doltish
- awkward adj
- unhandy adj
- clumsy adj
- lanky adj
- gawky adj
- loutish adj
- owlish adj
- doltish adj
awkward
fumbling; clumsy; awkward
- fumbling adj
- clumsy adj
- awkward adj
awkward
awkward; embarrassing
- awkward adj
- embarrassing adj
awkward

– socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner ¹
awkward; uneasy; ill at ease
– socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner ¹
- awkward adj
  - awkward and reserved at parties¹
- uneasy adj
  - was always uneasy with strangers¹
- ill at ease adj
  - ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know¹
awkward

– causing inconvenience ¹
awkward
– causing inconvenience ¹
- awkward adj
  - they arrived at an awkward time¹
awkward

– hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment ¹
awkward; embarrassing; sticky; unenviable
– hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment ¹
- awkward adj
  - awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion¹
  - an awkward pause followed his remark¹
- embarrassing adj
  - awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion¹
- sticky adj
  - a sticky question¹
- unenviable adj
  - in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign¹
awkward

– not elegant or graceful in expression ¹
awkward; inept; clumsy; cumbersome; ill-chosen; inapt
– not elegant or graceful in expression ¹
- awkward adj
  - an awkward prose style¹
- inept adj
  - if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?¹
- clumsy adj
  - a clumsy apology¹
- cumbersome adj
  - his cumbersome writing style¹
- ill-chosen adj
- inapt adj
awkward

– lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance ¹
awkward
– lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance ¹
- awkward adj
  - an awkward dancer¹
  - an awkward gesture¹
  - too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes¹
  - his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot¹
awkward

– difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape ¹
awkward; clumsy; ungainly; bunglesome
– difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape ¹
- awkward adj
  - an awkward bundle to carry¹
- clumsy adj
  - clumsy wooden shoes¹
- ungainly adj
  - the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl¹
- bunglesome adj
  - a load of bunglesome paraphernalia¹

awkward

awkward
awkward; embarrassing; discomfiting
awkward
awkward; embarrassing; perplexing
awkward
awkward; messy; tiresome
- awkward
- messy
- tiresome
awkward
awkward; painful
- awkward
- painful
awkward
awkward; clumsy
- awkward
- clumsy

Related Words for "awkward":

awkwardness, awkwarder, awkwardest, awkwardly

Alternate Synonyms for "awkward":

Antonyms for "awkward":

graceful

Related Definitions for "awkward":

socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner¹
- awkward and reserved at parties¹
causing inconvenience¹
- they arrived at an awkward time¹
hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment¹
- awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion¹
- an awkward pause followed his remark¹
not elegant or graceful in expression¹
- an awkward prose style¹
lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance¹
- an awkward dancer¹
- an awkward gesture¹
- too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes¹
- his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot¹
difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape¹
- an awkward bundle to carry¹

Related Synonyms for awkward

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