Definitions
of awkward
1. [adj] - difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape 2. [adj] - lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance 3. [adj] - not elegant or graceful in expression 4. [adj] - hard to deal with 5. [adj] - causing inconvenience 6. [adj] - not at ease socially
Quotes
- Example use of the word awkward1. unsure and constrained in manner 2. awkward and reserved at parties 3. ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know 4. was always uneasy with strangers 5. they arrived at an awkward time 6. especially causing pain or embarrassment 7. awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion 8. an awkward pause followed his remark 9. a sticky question 10. in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign 11. an awkward prose style 12. a clumsy apology 13. his cumbersome writing style 14. if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now? 15. an awkward dancer 16. an awkward gesture 17. too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes 18. his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot 19. an awkward bundle to carry 20. a load of bunglesome paraphernalia 21. clumsy wooden shoes 22. the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl
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