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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024awk•ward /ˈɔkwɚd/USA pronunciation adj. - clumsy;
not having much skill:an awkward dancer. - lacking grace or ease, as in movement or posture:took an awkward swing at the ball.
- lacking social graces or manners:always feels awkward at office parties.
- difficult to use or handle:an awkward tool.
- requiring skill or tact;
difficult:an awkward situation.
awk•ward•ly, adv. awk•ward•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024awk•ward (ôk′wərd),USA pronunciation adj. - lacking skill or dexterity;
clumsy. - lacking grace or ease in movement:an awkward gesture; an awkward dancer.
- lacking social graces or manners:a simple, awkward frontiersman.
- not well planned or designed for easy or effective use:an awkward instrument; an awkward method.
- requiring caution;
somewhat hazardous;
dangerous:an awkward turn in the road. - hard to deal with;
difficult;
requiring skill, tact, or the like:an awkward situation; an awkward customer. - embarrassing or inconvenient;
caused by lack of social grace:an awkward moment - [Obs.]untoward;
perverse.
- Old Norse ǫfugr turned the wrong way; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German abuh, Old English afu(h)lic wrong, off) + -ward -ward
- Middle English, equivalent. to awk(e), auk(e) backhanded, Old English *afoc (1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unskillful, unhandy, inexpert.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged deft, adroit.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged graceful.
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