Gawky

Word GAWKY
Character 5
Hyphenation gawk y
Pronunciations /ˈɡɔːki/

Definitions and meanings of "Gawky"

What do we mean by gawky?

Awkward; ungainly. adjective

Awkward in manner or bearing; inapt in behavior; clumsy; clownish.

; pl. gawkies (-kiz). Same as gawk, 2. noun

Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk. adjective

Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement adjective

Lacking grace in movement or posture adjective

An awkward, ungainly person.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Gawky

The word "gawky" in example sentences

Local wineries fell into this trap as well, resulting in gawky, disjointed wines that did both the grape and the region a disservice. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Then he calls a gawky, red-haired chap, that stood good six-feet two: ❋ Various (1902)

When she was 15, she was spotted in Covent Garden by a model scout and signed up for a shoot with Elle magazine, whose then editor, Sally Brampton, later recalled the gawky teenager as "a bird of paradise". ❋ Unknown (2010)

James R. Gaines recalls the gawky adolescent governments of General Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, who were leading their countries in parallel revolutions all For Liberty and Glory (Norton). ❋ Schappell, Elissa (2007)

Now to be called gawky when he thought the gesture was particularly graceful, was indeed discouraging. ❋ Robert Gordon Anderson (N/A)

As for the town of Brighton, it's what I would call a gawky piece of London. ❋ John Galt (1809)

Elle magazine, whose then editor, Sally Brampton, later recalled the gawky teenager as ❋ Unknown (2010)

I went to the Eagle in Atlanta and I felt like some kind of gawky white heron or an egret or something in a cave full of bears. ❋ Unknown (2006)

But it was, you know, teenaged boys don't get a lot of good press these days and it's really a tribute to them and all their kind of gawky, smelly wonderfulness. ❋ Unknown (2000)

Raina's background story because I've only gotten two words: "gawky" and "volleyball." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Doniger remembers Coppola as a "gawky" boy with a head full of ideas. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Its rhythms got into my gawky English frame and, at times, made me so happy and sad, I just didn't know what to do with myself. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In the parallel plot, Sir Charles Mountford (a gawky characterization by Leo Bill) saves his fortune by the forced marriage of his sister Susan (an electrically charged Sandy McDade) to their hated enemy, Sir Francis Acton (a phlegmatic Nick Fletcher). ❋ Paul Levy (2011)

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