Xem thêm: bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable, ill at ease(p), uneasy
awkward adj.
1 difficult
VERBS be, look, seem | make sth
ADV. extremely, very | a bit, rather, slightly, somewhat She asked some rather awkward questions.
PHRASES make things awkward He could make things very awkward for me if he wanted to.
2 not relaxed
VERBS be, feel, look | become | make sb He was embarrassed, which made him awkward.
ADV. extremely, very | a bit, rather | painfully As a teenager he was painfully awkward in company.
PREP. about They felt awkward about having to leave so soon. | with She is awkward with people she doesn't know.
adj.
they arrived at an awkward time
an awkward dancer
an awkward gesture
too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes
his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot
an awkward bundle to carry
a load of bunglesome paraphernalia
clumsy wooden shoes
the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl
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 (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 and reserved at parties
ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know
was always uneasy with strangers
