awkward
— Adjective
– English
～ difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
awkward
— Adjective
– English
～ lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"
awkward
— Adjective
– English
～ not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
awkward
— Adjective
– English
～ hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"
awkward
— Adjective
– English
～ socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"
awkwardly
— Adverb
– English
～ in an awkward manner; "he bent awkwardly"
awkwardness
— Noun
– English
～ the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
awkwardness
— Noun
– English
～ trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"
awkwardness
— Noun
– English
～ unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
awkwardness
— Noun
– English
～ the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
awkwardness
— Noun
– English
～ the quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"
awl
— Noun
– English
～ a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes
awless
— Adjective
– English
～ devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence
awless
— Adjective
– English
～ neither feeling nor showing respect
awlwort
— Noun
– English
～ small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal
awn
— Noun
– English
～ slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
awned
— Adjective
– English
～ having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses; "awned wheatgrass"
awning
— Noun
– English
～ a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun
awninged
— Adjective
– English
～ covered with an awning; "with awninged windows on the west side"
awnless
— Adjective
– English
～ lacking or having only very short awns; "awnless bromegrass"