Dictionary Entry
awkward
awkward is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 18 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy.
- 2adjective
Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
- 3adjective
Perverse; adverse; untoward.
- 4adjective
socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
"awkward and reserved at parties"
"ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"
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- 5adjective
causing inconvenience
"they arrived at an awkward time"
- 6adjective
hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
"awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"
"an awkward pause followed his remark"
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- 7adjective
not elegant or graceful in expression
"an awkward prose style"
"a clumsy apology"
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- 8adjective
lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
"an awkward dancer"
"an awkward gesture"
- 9adjective
difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
"an awkward bundle to carry"
"a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"
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