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Definitions for Awkward

[1] lacking skill or dexterity.
[2] lacking grace or ease in movement: an awkward gesture; an awkward dancer.
[3] lacking social graces or manners: a simple, awkward frontiersman.
[4] not well planned or designed for easy or effective use: an awkward instrument; an awkward method.
[5] requiring caution; somewhat hazardous: an awkward turn in the road.
[6] hard to deal with; difficult; requiring skill, tact, or the like: an awkward situation; an awkward customer.
[7] embarrassing or inconvenient; caused by lack of social grace: an awkward moment.
[8] Obsolete . untoward; perverse.
[9] lacking dexterity, proficiency, or skill; clumsy; inept the new recruits were awkward in their exercises
[10] ungainly or inelegant in movements or posture despite a great deal of practice she remained an awkward dancer
[11] unwieldy; difficult to use an awkward implement
[12] embarrassing an awkward moment
[13] embarrassed he felt awkward about leaving
[14] difficult to deal with; requiring tact an awkward situation ; an awkward customer
[15] deliberately uncooperative or unhelpful he could help but he is being awkward
[16] dangerous or difficult an awkward ascent of the ridge
[17] obsolete perverse

Words related to Awkward

amateurish, rude, stiff, troublesome, unwieldy, dangerous, cumbersome, uncomfortable, inconvenient, annoying, perilous, risky, embarrassed, unpleasant, delicate, ticklish, painful, difficult, artless, bulky

Words nearby Awkward

awfully, awhato, awheel, awhile, awhirl, awkward, awkward age, awl, awl snail, awl-shaped, awless

Origin of Awkward

1300–50; Middle English, equivalent to awk(e ), auk(e ) ‘backhanded’, Old English *afoc (< Old Norse ǫfugr ‘turned the wrong way’; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German abuh, Old English afu(h)lic ‘wrong’, off) + -ward -ward

Other words from Awkward

awk·ward·ly , adverb
awk·ward·ness , noun
un·awk·ward , adjective
un·awk·ward·ly , adverb
un·awk·ward·ness , noun

Word origin for Awkward

C14 awk, from Old Norse öfugr turned the wrong way round + -ward

Synonyms for Awkward

amateurish, rude, stiff, all thumbs, artless, blundering, bulky, bumbling, bungling, butterfingers, coarse, floundering, gawky, graceless, green, having two left feet, having two left hands, incompetent, inept, inexpert, klutzy, lumbering, maladroit, oafish, stumbling, uncoordinated, uncouth, unfit, ungainly, ungraceful, unhandy, unpolished, unrefined, unskilled, unskillful