awkward
English Thesaurus
1. socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner (adj.all)
| similar | : | uncomfortable, |
| definition | : | conducive to or feeling mental discomfort (adj.all) |
2. causing inconvenience (adj.all)
| similar | : | inconvenient, |
| definition | : | not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs (adj.all) |
3. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment (adj.all)
4. not elegant or graceful in expression (adj.all)
| similar | : | infelicitous, |
| definition | : | not appropriate in application; defective (adj.all) |
5. lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance (adj.all)
| similar | : | graceless, ungraceful, |
| definition | : | lacking grace; clumsy (adj.all) |
| similar | : | wooden, |
| definition | : | lacking ease or grace (adj.all) |
| also | : | maladroit, |
| definition | : | not adroit (adj.all) |
| also | : | ugly, |
| definition | : | displeasing to the senses (adj.all) |
6. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape (adj.all)
| similar | : | unmanageable, unwieldy, |
| definition | : | difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape (adj.all) |
7. socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner (adj.all)
| derivation | : | awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness, |
| definition | : | the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | disquiet, unease, uneasiness, |
| definition | : | the trait of seeming ill at ease (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | self-consciousness, uncomfortableness, uneasiness, |
| definition | : | embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you (noun.feeling) |
8. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment (adj.all)
| derivation | : | awkwardness, nuisance value, |
| definition | : | the quality of an embarrassing situation (noun.attribute) |
9. not elegant or graceful in expression (adj.all)
| derivation | : | inappositeness, inaptness, |
| definition | : | inappropriateness (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness, |
| definition | : | the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness, |
| definition | : | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training (noun.cognition) |
10. lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance (adj.all)
| antonym | : | graceful, |
| definition | : | characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness, |
| definition | : | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training (noun.cognition) |
11. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape (adj.all)
| derivation | : | awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness, |
| definition | : | trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape (noun.attribute) |
12. socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner (adj.all)
| derivation | : | awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness, |
| definition | : | the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | disquiet, unease, uneasiness, |
| definition | : | the trait of seeming ill at ease (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | self-consciousness, uncomfortableness, uneasiness, |
| definition | : | embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you (noun.feeling) |
13. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment (adj.all)
| derivation | : | awkwardness, nuisance value, |
| definition | : | the quality of an embarrassing situation (noun.attribute) |
14. not elegant or graceful in expression (adj.all)
| derivation | : | inappositeness, inaptness, |
| definition | : | inappropriateness (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness, |
| definition | : | the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness, |
| definition | : | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training (noun.cognition) |
15. lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance (adj.all)
| antonym | : | graceful, |
| definition | : | characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness, |
| definition | : | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training (noun.cognition) |
16. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape (adj.all)
| derivation | : | awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness, |
| definition | : | trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape (noun.attribute) |
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