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Awkward

//ˈɔːkwəd//

Synonyms for "awkward" (187 found)

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Informal (24)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

heavy sore dumb

Name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

simple sticky ugly

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(4 words)

delicate massive ignorant clumsy

Adj, slang(6 words)

rude tricky touchy dangerous ungraceful ham-fisted

Adj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

Slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

General use (163)

Adj, noun, verb(14 words)

empty perverse unhappy affected halting trying unbecoming crushing bungling embarrassing hulking humiliating bumbling mortifying

Adj, adv, noun, verb(2 words)

Adj, verb(13 words)

confused leaden unrefined difficult cramped embarrassed stilted forced strained disturbing labored disconcerted unposted

Adj, name, noun(3 words)

innocent callow elephantine

Adj, noun(24 words)

formal tentative sensitive inane rigid unfortunate naive rustic provincial lumbering incompetent unfamiliar left-handed gawky unknowing inconvenient maladroit inefficient sesquipedalian know-nothing

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massy impracticable nescient inexpert

Adjective(12 words)

sticky clumsy uneasy inept cumbersome inapt ungainly embarrassing ill-chosen ill at ease unenviable bunglesome

Adjective(68 words)

careless lumpish uneasy inept unripe untoward ponderous pompous uncouth unsure artless ticklish bashful troublesome vacuous graceless inexperienced boorish bulky inelegant

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Adj, name(3 words)

sloppy hefty wooden

Adj, adv(4 words)

unseemly crosswise parlous lubberly

Name, verb(1 words)

Prep_phrase(1 words)

Verb(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun(1 words)

know nothing empty headed unacquainted with left handed blunderheaded blankminded heavy handed strange to unapprized clumsy-fisted fingers all thumbs guinde

Noun(1 words)

Noun, verb(3 words)

groping fumbling blundering

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