Antonyms for awkward
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : awk-werd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔk wərd |
Definition of awkward
Origin :- mid-14c., "in the wrong direction," from awk "back-handed" + adverbial suffix -weard (see -ward). Meaning "clumsy" first recorded 1520s. Related: Awkwardly. Other formations from awk, none of them surviving, were awky, awkly, awkness.
- adj clumsy, inelegant
- adj difficult to handle
- adj embarrassing
- "It's the way you're treating me," he cried, with a clumsy man's awkward attempt at gesture.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- The situation was awkward, and awkwardly he got himself out of it.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- Never in my life did I feel so awkward as then, and it was not strange that you ridiculed me so.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- In spite of the awkward sun helmet she carried her head imperiously.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- The sheep were to be washed and sheared, too, and the awkward, weak-kneed calves to be fed.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- He was awkward in his gestures; his arms were too short and his face common.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Everybody had heard the amiable but awkward speech of the Baron.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Tom still hesitated for he felt that he was in an awkward position.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- "Should like to know the extent of your interest," muttered Roden, with his awkward laugh.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- But when I tried in some awkward way to say this Harry cut me short.
- Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
Synonyms for awkward
- all thumbs
- amateurish
- annoying
- artless
- blundering
- bulky
- bumbling
- bungling
- butterfingers
- chancy
- coarse
- compromising
- cramped
- cumbersome
- dangerous
- delicate
- difficult
- disagreeable
- discommodious
- embarrassed
- floundering
- gawky
- graceless
- green
- hard to use
- having two left feet
- having two left hands
- hazardous
- ill at ease
- incommodious
- incompetent
- inconvenient
- inept
- inexpert
- inopportune
- klutzy
- lumbering
- maladroit
- oafish
- painful
- perilous
- perplexing
- risky
- rude
- sticky
- stiff
- stumbling
- thorny
- ticklish
- troublesome
- trying
- uncomfortable
- uncoordinated
- uncouth
- unfit
- ungainly
- ungraceful
- unhandy
- unmanageable
- unpleasant
- unpolished
- unrefined
- unskilled
- unskillful
- untimely
- unwieldy
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