Awkward

What do we mean by awkward?

Not graceful; ungainly. adjective

Not dexterous; clumsy. adjective

Clumsily or unskillfully performed. adjective

Difficult to handle or manage. adjective

Difficult to effect; uncomfortable. adjective

Marked by or causing embarrassment or discomfort. adjective

Requiring great tact, ingenuity, skill, and discretion. adjective

In the wrong direction; in the wrong way; backward.

Asquint.

Awkwardly; clumsily.

Turned the wrong way; backhanded.

Perverted; perverse.

Untoward; adverse.

Ill adapted for use or handling; unhandy in operation; clumsy: as, awkward instruments or contrivances.

Wanting dexterity or skill in action or movement; clumsy in doing anything, as in using tools or implements; bungling.

Ungraceful in action or person; ungainly; uncouth: as, awkward gestures; the awkward gambols of the elephant.

Embarrassed; not at ease: used in relation to persons: as, an awkward feeling.

Someone or something that is awkward.

Words that are spelled similarly to awkward:
awkward, aukward, awkard.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word awkward:
uncomfortable, silence, conversation, shy, moments, moment, teenager, situation, controls, funny, teen, gameplay, dinner, encounter, questions, feelings, teenage, dialogue, kiss, romantic, romance, relationship, handle, friendship, girl, feel, fun, angle, camera.

Words that rhyme with awkward:
clock whirred, mohawk word, talk word, woodcock word.

Adjectives that are often used to describe awkward:
references.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective awkward:
position, silence, situation, questions, moment, pause, way, moments, question, situations, manner, predicament, thing, gait, positions, problem, movements, angle, fact, attempts, age, dilemma, attempt, boy, squad, business, appearance, problems, figure, movement, girl, postures, silences, shape, places, fellow, smile, fashion, facts, phrase, posture, gesture, stage, consequences, bow, arrangement, pauses, corner, expression, gestures, circumstances, conversation, relationship, construction, steps, affair, sentences, efforts, feeling, corners, term, task, style, child, hands, angles, sentence, spot, youth, customer, word, laugh, habit, circumstance, manners, phrases, motion, job, meeting, subject, embarrassment, expressions, constructions.

Consonant match to awkward:
equid, oakwood, ache would, hack would, huck would.

Words that sound like awkward:
awkward, aukward, accord, acord, oakwood, ecord, achord, acorde, squirt, occurred, backward, acquired, eckerd, acred, aquirre, equid, eckard, icard, acrd, akard, ikard, e-card, -acred, exord, lockwood, rockwood, encored, pockwood, ard, aqua, honored, oxford, oxide, outward, honoured, ocker, accra, aqui, ocher, oker, oxnard, doctored, oxer, watchword, arde, aard, ocar, -ard, ochra, acri, oxid, accardi, accardo, aaker, acari, augured, octad, pochard, akara, cockered, oxyde, rockweed, ochry, ox-eyed, aacr, aacrao, aquia, cockweed, lockard, ochery, ochr, ochrey, osrd, otard, owher, oxbird, oxeyed, oxr, oxyd, pockarred, rockered, vaward, scored, accourt, acquit, acura, eckert, earthward, agard, alward, dword, exsert, eckford, ecarte, aylward, eckart, accuride, akure, airward, eckardt.