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.
Definitions
- adjective. 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.
- adjective. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
- adjective. Perverse; adverse; untoward.
- adjective. socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
"awkward and reserved at parties"
"ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"
- adjective. causing inconvenience
"they arrived at an awkward time"
- adjective. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
"awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"
"an awkward pause followed his remark"
- adjective. not elegant or graceful in expression
"an awkward prose style"
"a clumsy apology"
- adjective. lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
"an awkward dancer"
"an awkward gesture"
- adjective. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
"an awkward bundle to carry"
"a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"
Synonyms
uneasy, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, bunglesome, ungainly
Common word forms
awkwarder, awkwardly, awkwardest, awkwardness
Words from these letters
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