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Definition of awkward in English: awkwardadjective ˈɔːkwədˈɔkwərd 1Causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with. the wheelbarrow can be awkward to manoeuvre Example sentencesExamples - They have the right to ask some awkward questions.
- And it is bloody awkward to manage in some such situations.
- In fact - as every other employee of the company to whom I've since spoken has agreed - he was fobbing us off in order to get out of doing an awkward, time-consuming job.
- Had staff consulted with the minister and agreed to feign communication breakdown so as not to have to deal with my awkward questions?
- His claims that the tribunal has shown bias towards him still leave a number of awkward issues to be dealt with.
- It was a rather banal response, but then I guess Labour's press office is used to dealing with awkward questions.
- Their absence both raises awkward questions over whether or not Edinburgh's festival is losing its lustre and highlights the intractable nature of film business politics.
- The lack of sliding side doors sees the Trajet lose out to the Kia here, and the seats can be more awkward and harder to fit.
- This also means that you have to be prepared to listen to some hard truths and awkward questions.
- Their stance is one of unswerving resistance, but their films, while dealing with awkward topics, have never been demagogic.
- They can be handy, but I found they make riding bloody awkward if you're on a bike with a head-down, bum-up riding position.
- The South African government's passive response to events in Zimbabwe inevitably raises awkward questions about the depth of its own commitment to democracy.
- He dealt with an awkward question on devolution with the surety and intelligence you would expect from a man who refused to be bullied into Vietnam.
- It becomes increasingly difficult when it occurs so repeatedly not to start asking awkward questions.
- Unfortunately, this versatility has meant that the user controls are somewhat awkward and very difficult to master.
- The wood was hard and awkward, the stone ice cold during most of the year.
- In addition, he frequently appears to be sidestepping awkward questions by the simple expedient of behaving as if you have asked something completely different.
- O'Brien's hectic schedule may have been cast aside this weekend as he prepares to deal with many awkward questions, which may include some of the following.
- It rules, even if the bottle is awkward and hard to spray.
- They're reluctant to make much of it because they know that a writer who asks too many awkward questions soon gets labelled as ‘difficult’.
Synonyms difficult, tricky British informal fiddly cumbersome, unwieldy, unhandy informal a devil vulgar slang a bugger, a bastard rare cumbrous, lumbersome inconvenient, difficult, inappropriate, inopportune, unfortunate archaic unseasonable - 1.1 Deliberately unreasonable or uncooperative.
you're being damned awkward! Example sentencesExamples - Also, the ones they do employ (at least in Peckham) are inadequately trained/too inefficient to deal with awkward customers.
- There's nothing wrong with being awkward and difficult and odd.
- He couldn't quite grab the vital winning goal as they came up against Lady Luck with her awkward head on, a stubborn defence and a goalkeeper in top form.
- I love that last bit about Vignelli and the way he dealt with the awkward client.
- London's tone suggests they're put out, as though we're being deliberately awkward.
- Everyone wants peace, no one wants war, and if you aren't prepared to march then you're either gung ho or deliberately awkward.
- Hasseck said one way of deciding how to deal with awkward customers was to work out what kind they were.
- The mayor told us that this man has caused other problems that he is unwilling to resolve, so he seems to be an awkward person to deal with.
- The public perception of me is that I'm a hard man or an awkward man.
- They kept waiters hanging on while rudely squabbling and were deliberately awkward.
- He seems to be an actor perfectly suited to kitchen sink dramas in an age when demand from that sort of awkward, angry character is declining.
- And on top of that they have to deal diplomatically with awkward patients.
- Shaw said it was vital to teach everyone in your business how to deal with awkward customers.
- I am old, cynical, bitter, twisted, awkward, difficult, fussy, and generally hard to please.
- I was asked to enter some of my favourite music, so being deliberately awkward, I entered four of my less well known favourites, first among them being Lucy Woodward.
- Belinda had mentioned that she had been a secretary for a while and she was good at dealing with awkward customers.
- We did not want to be awkward and put any unreasonable obstructions in the way.
- Between the ages of thirty and fifty, father often enters an awkward or ‘negative’ stage.
- However awkward and obstructive he has been, we are going to war come what may.
Synonyms unreasonable, uncooperative, unhelpful, difficult, annoying, obstructive, unaccommodating, refractory, disobliging, contrary, perverse, tiresome, exasperating, trying stubborn, obstinate Scottish thrawn informal cussed, pesky British informal bloody-minded, bolshie North American informal balky archaic contumacious, froward rare renitent, pervicacious
2Causing or feeling uneasy embarrassment or inconvenience. he had put her in a very awkward position she felt awkward alone with him Example sentencesExamples - A yellow-haired person would contrast horribly and feel very awkward.
- Even though she had never really cared to notice, the air was damp and the dripping coming from above made the silence very uneasy and awkward.
- They certainly didn't make us feel awkward when we questioned them about some of the dishes - rather, they seemed delighted that we were so interested in what they had to offer.
- I was desperate for approval and to find some common ground to smooth over an unpleasantly awkward couple of days.
- The atmosphere grew tenser and an awkward pause ensued.
- If we are honest, those of us who have all of our abilities sometimes are uncomfortable or even awkward alongside those who are seriously disabled.
- There were a few uneasy seconds of awkward silence, everyone looking at Christine with apprehension.
- The episode ends with an awkward and uncomfortable lovemaking session between Tony and Carmela.
- I'd like to encourage some interactivity in this blog, so if anyone would like to email me with their awkward or embarrassing moments, I can post them here anonymously.
- She could easily envision the awkward silences and uneasy shifting in the seats.
- After a few such trips, I became bolder, and I got myself into quite a few awkward or embarrassing situations as a result.
- I bought a suit today, after two weeks of deliberations, window shopping, and awkward small talk with sales assistants.
- Not for their use, mind you: a good soundtrack can make a movie better than its sum of train explosions, drug deals and awkward romances.
- She hadn't laughed so much in ages, and it was always fun to make Joaquin awkward.
- A relationship with one who is ‘not one of us’ raises the risk that sooner or later a difficult and awkward conversation lies ahead.
- It also provided a social setting where the sixth graders could mingle without the pressures of a party or dance, which can be awkward for this age group.
- Remember that for ALL children, discovering their sexual self is a big deal and awkward.
- Waiting for her to pick up was awkward and hard, but eventually the phone clicked over and a man's voice answered.
- My mind went back to when Josh and I were Sammy's age, and how awkward it was at that age when people didn't want to be your friend.
- She finally asked after an awkward pause, exasperated with their indecision.
Synonyms embarrassing, uncomfortable, unpleasant, delicate, ticklish, tricky, sensitive, problematic, problematical, troublesome, perplexing, thorny, vexatious humiliating, compromising informal sticky, dicey, hairy, cringeworthy, cringe-making British informal dodgy North American informal gnarly embarrassed, self-conscious, uncomfortable, ill at ease, uneasy, tense, nervous, edgy, unrelaxed, strained rare unquiet 3Not smooth or graceful; ungainly. Luther's awkward movements impeded his progress Example sentencesExamples - He looks almost exactly as I'd left him; awkward, ungainly and birdlike.
- The elephant, unwieldy and awkward yet graceful and powerful, becomes an allegory for the form itself.
- If a grader were a person, he might be called ungainly, awkward, or even a klutz.
- He's a contradiction in that his jump shot, an awkward heave off his right shoulder, is fundamentally flawed.
- I was always a bit awkward and ungainly as a child, so I thought that maybe I was just on the clumsy side.
- He felt clumsy and awkward in the air, his body too ungainly to be properly streamlined.
- The high ceilings and unbroken expanses of wall in such a house can make the rooms seem awkward and ungainly.
- The resulting pieces at first look remarkably awkward and ungainly.
- Many of the other performers, however, were stiff and awkward.
- Mothers and fathers send out the message that boys are awkward, ungainly and silly.
- That most people walk in an ungraceful, ungainly and awkward manner with a forward inclination of the body does not mean that it is the normal way of walking.
- He baffles hitters with an awkward delivery, a hard fastball and a Frisbee slider.
- You remember how you felt at that age, when your own body was awkward and when you were full of energy and uncertainty.
- But left-handers are renowned for being awkward and clumsy and in some societies they are still looked upon with suspicion.
- Now she faked her clumsy and awkward movements, often purposely stumbling over anything that came her way.
- Chris was nearly eighteen and though he was tall, filled out with spiky black hair and handsome features, he still felt awkward, gawky, and ugly.
- Kouki could see by his stiff stance and awkward movement that he didn't like him.
- I learned to ski in the Dolomites more than 20 years ago, and memories of those buttery sunsets have stayed with me as much as the first awkward turns and ungainly falls off button lifts.
- Others are clumsy and awkward, obvious targets of adolescent rejection.
- In all of them you see a hunched, awkward man, uncomfortable in his own body.
Synonyms clumsy, ungainly, uncoordinated, maladroit, graceless, ungraceful, inept, inelegant, unskilful, unhandy, gauche, gawky, gangling, blundering, lumbering, cloddish wooden, stiff coltish informal clodhopping, ham-fisted, ham-handed, with two left feet, cack-handed British informal all thumbs, all fingers and thumbs archaic lubberly - 3.1 Uncomfortable or abnormal.
make sure the baby isn't sleeping in an awkward position Example sentencesExamples - It seemed awkward and unnatural to stand and walk, but I did it; I clambered out of the cave, into the harsh sunlight.
- He held one paw forward in an awkward, unnatural way.
- I tried taming it with a metal hoop around its middle last year but some stems still found their way out from their binding and those that didn't looked awkward and uncomfortable.
- He stood as straight as he could, which was not very straight, since he spent nearly two hours in an uncomfortable and awkward position.
- If the motion feels awkward, uncomfortable or painful, you need to make an adjustment somewhere.
- Seems like a really awkward, unnatural pose to me.
- They almost always occur after sleeping, especially if in an awkward position such as leaning against a bus window.
- The members did this while crouching-on the floor in a very uncomfortable, awkward position.
- Mountain biking is jarring on the low back and is forcing your spine into an awkward, unnatural position.
- There, lying in an awkward, unnatural position, was the High Priestess.
- As I lay on my side, too choked with inward giggling to move into a less awkward and uncomfortable position, my mother appeared.
- One of his legs was bloodied and bent at an awkward angle because of a clearly broken bone.
- Stan hunched down next to Phillip as he squeezed himself into the tunnel at a relatively awkward and entirely uncomfortable angle as his tail lit the way for the party.
- It was awkward and uncomfortable to sleep in a closet.
- The hotels are still generic and boring and when I sleep, it feels awkward and uncomfortable in the beds.
- It would ball up on his hoof, making it uncomfortable and awkward to walk.
- I laid on the floor at an awkward angle, the ropes that the crazy British dude had put on me had started to burn into my wrists.
- I sat up angrily, muttering profanities to myself as I rubbed my elbows and knees which took my awkward landing hardest.
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'the wrong way round, upside down'): from dialect awk 'backwards, perverse, clumsy' (from Old Norse afugr 'turned the wrong way') + -ward. There used to be a word awk, based on an Old Norse afugr, that meant ‘turned the wrong way round’. So awkward meant ‘in an awk direction’, ‘in the wrong direction, in reverse order, upside down’. It could be applied, for instance, to an animal that was on its back and was unable to get up. The meaning ‘clumsy or ungainly’ developed in the 16th century, followed by other meanings such as ‘embarrassing’, or ‘difficult to deal with’.
Definition of awkward in US English: awkwardadjectiveˈôkwərdˈɔkwərd 1Causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with. the wheelbarrow can be awkward to maneuver one of the most awkward jobs is painting a ceiling Example sentencesExamples - Unfortunately, this versatility has meant that the user controls are somewhat awkward and very difficult to master.
- It was a rather banal response, but then I guess Labour's press office is used to dealing with awkward questions.
- Their stance is one of unswerving resistance, but their films, while dealing with awkward topics, have never been demagogic.
- The lack of sliding side doors sees the Trajet lose out to the Kia here, and the seats can be more awkward and harder to fit.
- The South African government's passive response to events in Zimbabwe inevitably raises awkward questions about the depth of its own commitment to democracy.
- In addition, he frequently appears to be sidestepping awkward questions by the simple expedient of behaving as if you have asked something completely different.
- His claims that the tribunal has shown bias towards him still leave a number of awkward issues to be dealt with.
- He dealt with an awkward question on devolution with the surety and intelligence you would expect from a man who refused to be bullied into Vietnam.
- It rules, even if the bottle is awkward and hard to spray.
- Their absence both raises awkward questions over whether or not Edinburgh's festival is losing its lustre and highlights the intractable nature of film business politics.
- And it is bloody awkward to manage in some such situations.
- Had staff consulted with the minister and agreed to feign communication breakdown so as not to have to deal with my awkward questions?
- O'Brien's hectic schedule may have been cast aside this weekend as he prepares to deal with many awkward questions, which may include some of the following.
- This also means that you have to be prepared to listen to some hard truths and awkward questions.
- They can be handy, but I found they make riding bloody awkward if you're on a bike with a head-down, bum-up riding position.
- They have the right to ask some awkward questions.
- The wood was hard and awkward, the stone ice cold during most of the year.
- They're reluctant to make much of it because they know that a writer who asks too many awkward questions soon gets labelled as ‘difficult’.
- In fact - as every other employee of the company to whom I've since spoken has agreed - he was fobbing us off in order to get out of doing an awkward, time-consuming job.
- It becomes increasingly difficult when it occurs so repeatedly not to start asking awkward questions.
Synonyms difficult, tricky cumbersome, unwieldy, unhandy inconvenient, difficult, inappropriate, inopportune, unfortunate - 1.1 Deliberately unreasonable or uncooperative.
you're being damned awkward! Example sentencesExamples - There's nothing wrong with being awkward and difficult and odd.
- Everyone wants peace, no one wants war, and if you aren't prepared to march then you're either gung ho or deliberately awkward.
- However awkward and obstructive he has been, we are going to war come what may.
- We did not want to be awkward and put any unreasonable obstructions in the way.
- I am old, cynical, bitter, twisted, awkward, difficult, fussy, and generally hard to please.
- The mayor told us that this man has caused other problems that he is unwilling to resolve, so he seems to be an awkward person to deal with.
- Shaw said it was vital to teach everyone in your business how to deal with awkward customers.
- London's tone suggests they're put out, as though we're being deliberately awkward.
- I was asked to enter some of my favourite music, so being deliberately awkward, I entered four of my less well known favourites, first among them being Lucy Woodward.
- He seems to be an actor perfectly suited to kitchen sink dramas in an age when demand from that sort of awkward, angry character is declining.
- I love that last bit about Vignelli and the way he dealt with the awkward client.
- Between the ages of thirty and fifty, father often enters an awkward or ‘negative’ stage.
- He couldn't quite grab the vital winning goal as they came up against Lady Luck with her awkward head on, a stubborn defence and a goalkeeper in top form.
- And on top of that they have to deal diplomatically with awkward patients.
- Belinda had mentioned that she had been a secretary for a while and she was good at dealing with awkward customers.
- Hasseck said one way of deciding how to deal with awkward customers was to work out what kind they were.
- The public perception of me is that I'm a hard man or an awkward man.
- Also, the ones they do employ (at least in Peckham) are inadequately trained/too inefficient to deal with awkward customers.
- They kept waiters hanging on while rudely squabbling and were deliberately awkward.
Synonyms unreasonable, uncooperative, unhelpful, difficult, annoying, obstructive, unaccommodating, refractory, disobliging, contrary, perverse, tiresome, exasperating, trying
2Causing or feeling embarrassment or inconvenience. he had put her in a very awkward situation Example sentencesExamples - My mind went back to when Josh and I were Sammy's age, and how awkward it was at that age when people didn't want to be your friend.
- Not for their use, mind you: a good soundtrack can make a movie better than its sum of train explosions, drug deals and awkward romances.
- It also provided a social setting where the sixth graders could mingle without the pressures of a party or dance, which can be awkward for this age group.
- Waiting for her to pick up was awkward and hard, but eventually the phone clicked over and a man's voice answered.
- There were a few uneasy seconds of awkward silence, everyone looking at Christine with apprehension.
- If we are honest, those of us who have all of our abilities sometimes are uncomfortable or even awkward alongside those who are seriously disabled.
- She finally asked after an awkward pause, exasperated with their indecision.
- They certainly didn't make us feel awkward when we questioned them about some of the dishes - rather, they seemed delighted that we were so interested in what they had to offer.
- A yellow-haired person would contrast horribly and feel very awkward.
- Remember that for ALL children, discovering their sexual self is a big deal and awkward.
- The episode ends with an awkward and uncomfortable lovemaking session between Tony and Carmela.
- She could easily envision the awkward silences and uneasy shifting in the seats.
- Even though she had never really cared to notice, the air was damp and the dripping coming from above made the silence very uneasy and awkward.
- After a few such trips, I became bolder, and I got myself into quite a few awkward or embarrassing situations as a result.
- I was desperate for approval and to find some common ground to smooth over an unpleasantly awkward couple of days.
- I bought a suit today, after two weeks of deliberations, window shopping, and awkward small talk with sales assistants.
- She hadn't laughed so much in ages, and it was always fun to make Joaquin awkward.
- I'd like to encourage some interactivity in this blog, so if anyone would like to email me with their awkward or embarrassing moments, I can post them here anonymously.
- A relationship with one who is ‘not one of us’ raises the risk that sooner or later a difficult and awkward conversation lies ahead.
- The atmosphere grew tenser and an awkward pause ensued.
Synonyms embarrassing, uncomfortable, unpleasant, delicate, ticklish, tricky, sensitive, problematic, problematical, troublesome, perplexing, thorny, vexatious embarrassed, self-conscious, uncomfortable, ill at ease, uneasy, tense, nervous, edgy, unrelaxed, strained 3Not smooth or graceful; ungainly. Luther's awkward movements impeded his progress she was long-legged and rather awkward Example sentencesExamples - He's a contradiction in that his jump shot, an awkward heave off his right shoulder, is fundamentally flawed.
- You remember how you felt at that age, when your own body was awkward and when you were full of energy and uncertainty.
- Mothers and fathers send out the message that boys are awkward, ungainly and silly.
- Many of the other performers, however, were stiff and awkward.
- In all of them you see a hunched, awkward man, uncomfortable in his own body.
- I learned to ski in the Dolomites more than 20 years ago, and memories of those buttery sunsets have stayed with me as much as the first awkward turns and ungainly falls off button lifts.
- Kouki could see by his stiff stance and awkward movement that he didn't like him.
- But left-handers are renowned for being awkward and clumsy and in some societies they are still looked upon with suspicion.
- He baffles hitters with an awkward delivery, a hard fastball and a Frisbee slider.
- That most people walk in an ungraceful, ungainly and awkward manner with a forward inclination of the body does not mean that it is the normal way of walking.
- If a grader were a person, he might be called ungainly, awkward, or even a klutz.
- The elephant, unwieldy and awkward yet graceful and powerful, becomes an allegory for the form itself.
- Chris was nearly eighteen and though he was tall, filled out with spiky black hair and handsome features, he still felt awkward, gawky, and ugly.
- Now she faked her clumsy and awkward movements, often purposely stumbling over anything that came her way.
- I was always a bit awkward and ungainly as a child, so I thought that maybe I was just on the clumsy side.
- The resulting pieces at first look remarkably awkward and ungainly.
- Others are clumsy and awkward, obvious targets of adolescent rejection.
- He looks almost exactly as I'd left him; awkward, ungainly and birdlike.
- The high ceilings and unbroken expanses of wall in such a house can make the rooms seem awkward and ungainly.
- He felt clumsy and awkward in the air, his body too ungainly to be properly streamlined.
Synonyms clumsy, ungainly, uncoordinated, maladroit, graceless, ungraceful, inept, inelegant, unskilful, unhandy, gauche, gawky, gangling, blundering, lumbering, cloddish - 3.1 Uncomfortable or abnormal.
make sure the baby isn't sleeping in an awkward position Example sentencesExamples - As I lay on my side, too choked with inward giggling to move into a less awkward and uncomfortable position, my mother appeared.
- The members did this while crouching-on the floor in a very uncomfortable, awkward position.
- It would ball up on his hoof, making it uncomfortable and awkward to walk.
- Mountain biking is jarring on the low back and is forcing your spine into an awkward, unnatural position.
- If the motion feels awkward, uncomfortable or painful, you need to make an adjustment somewhere.
- The hotels are still generic and boring and when I sleep, it feels awkward and uncomfortable in the beds.
- I tried taming it with a metal hoop around its middle last year but some stems still found their way out from their binding and those that didn't looked awkward and uncomfortable.
- They almost always occur after sleeping, especially if in an awkward position such as leaning against a bus window.
- It was awkward and uncomfortable to sleep in a closet.
- There, lying in an awkward, unnatural position, was the High Priestess.
- He stood as straight as he could, which was not very straight, since he spent nearly two hours in an uncomfortable and awkward position.
- I laid on the floor at an awkward angle, the ropes that the crazy British dude had put on me had started to burn into my wrists.
- I sat up angrily, muttering profanities to myself as I rubbed my elbows and knees which took my awkward landing hardest.
- Seems like a really awkward, unnatural pose to me.
- One of his legs was bloodied and bent at an awkward angle because of a clearly broken bone.
- It seemed awkward and unnatural to stand and walk, but I did it; I clambered out of the cave, into the harsh sunlight.
- Stan hunched down next to Phillip as he squeezed himself into the tunnel at a relatively awkward and entirely uncomfortable angle as his tail lit the way for the party.
- He held one paw forward in an awkward, unnatural way.
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘the wrong way round, upside down’): from dialect awk ‘backwards, perverse, clumsy’ (from Old Norse afugr ‘turned the wrong way’) + -ward. |