Awkward

Adjective

 * 1) Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments
 * 2) Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing
 * 3) Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction
 * 4) Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle

Adverbs for Awkward
clumsily; ungracefully; bashfully; shyly; gawkily; self -consciously; painfully; embarrassingly; ludicrously; laughably; ridiculously; intentionally; adorably; unconsciously; charmingly; affectedly; momentarily; remarkably; flutteringly; clownishly; amusingly; pathetically; lamentably; unfortunately; helplessly; hopelessly.

Synonyms for Awkward

 * clumsy, ungraceful, unhandy, lubberly
 * maladroit
 * ungainly, rough, gawky, uncouth, shuffling, bungling, unskillful.

Antonyms for Awkward

 * dexterous, graceful, skillful, gainly
 * cool, amiable
 * adroit, clever, handy, apt, artful.

Derived terms

 * awkwardly
 * awkwardness

Thesaurus
Latinate; all thumbs; blankminded; blunderheaded; blundering; bombastic; boorish; bulky; bumbling; bungling; butterfingered; callow; careless; clownish; clumsy; clumsy-fisted; confused; contrary; cramped; crosswise; crushing; cumbersome; cumbrous; dangerous; delicate; difficult; discomfited; discommodious; disconcerted; disconcerting; disturbing; dumb; elephantine; embarrassed; embarrassing; empty; empty-headed; fingers all thumbs; forced; formal; fumbling; gauche; gawkish; gawky; graceless; green; groping; guinde; halting; ham-fisted; ham-handed; hazardous; heavy; heavy-handed; hulking; hulky; humiliating; ignorant; ill at ease; ill-chosen; impractical; inane; incommodious; inconvenient; inefficient; inelegant; inept; inexperienced; inexpert; inkhorn; innocent; know-nothing; labored; leaden; left-hand; left-handed; loutish; lubberly; lumbering; lumpish; lumpy; maladroit; massive; massy; mortifying; naive; nescient; oafish; out of place; perilous; perverse; pompous; ponderous; precarious; raw; rigid; risky; sensitive; sesquipedalian; shamefaced; simple; sloppy; splay; sticky; stiff; stilted; strange to; tentative; ticklish; touchy; tricky; troublesome; trying; turgid; unacquainted; unapprized; uncomfortable; uncomprehending; unconversant; uncouth; undexterous; uneasy; unenlightened; unfamiliar; unfortunate; ungainly; ungraceful; unhandy; unhappy; unilluminated; uninformed; uninitiated; unintelligent; unknowing; unmanageable; unpleasant; unposted; unripe; unskilled; unskillful; unsure; unversed; unwieldy; vacuous; wooden

Etymology
From.

Translations

 * American Sign Language:
 * Bulgarian:, непохватен
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * German: ungeschickt, unbeholfen, tölpelhaft, patschert (Austrian)
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 不器用な (bukiyō na)
 * Norwegian: klumsete, klønete
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: torpe, desmañado


 * American Sign Language:
 * Bulgarian:, неудобен
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, genant
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German: unhandlich, umständlich, patschert (Austrian)
 * Icelandic: vandræðalegur, pínlegur
 * Italian:, poco opportuno,  , ,


 * Japanese: ぎごちない (gigochinai)
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: constrangedor
 * Russian:, неудобный, затруднительный
 * Spanish:, delicado
 * Swedish:, genant


 * Bulgarian: неприятен, неудобен
 * Finnish: tuskallinen, vastenmielinen, yököttävä, piinallinen
 * French: inconvenant


 * German:, ,
 * Italian:, poco maneggevole,
 * Polish: nieśmiały