awkward

adjectives

causing inconvenience

"they arrived at an awkward time"

awkward

is similar to

not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs

"it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen"; "the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone"

inconvenient

lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance

"an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"

awkward

is derived from

awkwardness

antonym

graceful

is similar to

lacking grace in movement or posture

"a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"

clumsy, clunky, gawky, ungainly, unwieldy

is similar to

lacking grace; clumsy

"a graceless production of the play"; "his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter Scott

graceless, ungraceful

is similar to

lacking natural ease

"a labored style of debating"

labored, laboured, strained

is similar to

lacking ease or grace

"the actor's performance was wooden"; "a wooden smile"

wooden

see also

displeasing to the senses

"an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"

ugly

difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

"an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"

awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly

is derived from

awkwardness

not elegant or graceful in expression

"an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"

awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept

is derived from

awkwardness

hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment

"awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"

awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable

is derived from

awkwardness

socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner

"awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"

awkward, ill at ease, uneasy

is derived from

awkwardness