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awkward

/awk-werd/US // ˈɔk wərd //UK // (ˈɔːkwəd) //

笨拙的,尴尬的,笨拙,尴尬

Related Words

amateurish外行,业余的,外行的rude无礼,无礼的,不客气,不客气的stiff僵硬的,坚硬的,僵硬,坚硬troublesome烦人,烦人的,麻烦的事,麻烦的事情unwieldy笨重,笨重的,粗笨的,笨拙的dangerous危险的,危险,危险的是,危险性cumbersome复杂的,笨重的,笨重,繁琐的uncomfortable不舒服的,不舒服,不太舒服,不舒适的inconvenient不方便,不方便的,不便的,不便annoying恼人的,烦人的,恼人的是,令人讨厌的perilous岌岌可危,岌岌可危的,险象环生,险恶的risky有风险的,有风险,危险的,风险大embarrassed尴尬的,窘迫的,尴尬,窘迫unpleasant令人不快的,不愉快的,令人不快,不愉快delicate微妙,细致,微妙的,精致ticklish痒痒的,怕痒,痒痒,怕痒的人painful痛苦的,疼痛的,痛苦的是,痛苦不堪的difficult困难,难,艰难,困难的artless无艺术,无艺术性,没有艺术,无术bulky庞大的,笨重的,笨重,粗大的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lacking skill or dexterity.
    • : lacking grace or ease in movement: an awkward gesture;an awkward dancer.
    • : lacking social graces or manners: a simple, awkward frontiersman.
    • : not well planned or designed for easy or effective use: an awkward instrument;an awkward method.
    • : requiring caution; somewhat hazardous: an awkward turn in the road.
    • : hard to deal with; difficult; requiring skill, tact, or the like: an awkward situation;an awkward customer.
    • : embarrassing or inconvenient; caused by lack of social grace: an awkward moment.
    • : Obsolete. untoward; perverse.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.clumsy, inelegant
Synonyms
amateurish外行,业余的,外行的rude无礼,无礼的,不客气,不客气的stiff僵硬的,坚硬的,僵硬,坚硬all thumbs大拇指,大拇指指腹,大拇指指尖,拇指artless无艺术,无艺术性,没有艺术,无术blundering误入歧途,失误,错失良机,误入歧途的bulky庞大的,笨重的,笨重,粗大的bumbling步履蹒跚,笨手笨脚,笨手笨脚的,蹒跚学步bungling胡闹,糊涂,糊涂虫,愚蠢的butterfingers奶油手指,黄油手,黄油手指,奶油手coarse粗糙的,粗略的,粗大的,粗略floundering漫无边际,漫无边际的,漫无目的,方兴未艾gawky笨拙的,笨拙,笨手笨脚,笨重graceless不雅观,不雅观的,不雅的,不优雅的green绿色,绿化,绿色的,绿having two left feet有两只左脚,有两个左脚,两只左脚,有两只左腿having two left hands有两只左手,两只左手,有两只左手的人,有两只左手的incompetent无能的,无能,不胜任,不胜任的inept无能,无能的人,不合适,无能为力inexpert不懂的,不懂行,不识时务,不懂klutzy笨手笨脚,笨拙,笨手笨脚的,笨拙的lumbering伐木,伐木的,伐木业,采伐maladroit恶作剧,恶性循环,错乱,恶搞oafish笨手笨脚的,无精打采的,笨手笨脚,无精打采stumbling跌跌撞撞,跌跌撞撞的,步履蹒跚,跌跌不休的uncoordinated不协调的,不协调,不合群的,不合群uncouth粗鲁的,犷悍,粗野的,粗鲁的人unfit不合适的,不合适,不适当的,不适合ungainly不雅观的,不雅观,不雅的,不雅观观的ungraceful不雅观的,不雅观,不优雅的,毫无风度unhandy不方便,不容易,不易操作,不方便的unpolished未经抛光的,未抛光,未抛光的,未经打磨的unrefined未经加工的,未经加工处理的,未经加工,未经加工的产品unskilled非技术性,非熟练,非技术性的,非熟练的unskillful不熟练,不熟练的,不谙世事,不善
adj.difficult to handle
Synonyms
annoying恼人的,烦人的,恼人的是,令人讨厌的cumbersome复杂的,笨重的,笨重,繁琐的dangerous危险的,危险,危险的是,危险性inconvenient不方便,不方便的,不便的,不便perilous岌岌可危,岌岌可危的,险象环生,险恶的risky有风险的,有风险,危险的,风险大troublesome烦人,烦人的,麻烦的事,麻烦的事情uncomfortable不舒服的,不舒服,不太舒服,不舒适的unwieldy笨重,笨重的,粗笨的,笨拙的bulky庞大的,笨重的,笨重,粗大的chancy花心,花心的,花心思,花心大萝卜cramped狭窄的,狭窄,局促的disagreeable讨厌的人,讨人嫌的,讨厌的,讨人厌的discommodious不合时宜,不合时宜的,不方便,不方便的hard to use难以使用,难用,难于使用,很难使用hazardous危险的,有危险性的,危险,有危险的incommodious不方便,不方便的,不舒服,不舒服的unhandy不方便,不容易,不易操作,不方便的unmanageable不可收拾,不可收拾的,不可理喻,难以应付
adj.embarrassing
Synonyms
delicate微妙,细致,微妙的,精致difficult困难,难,艰难,困难的embarrassed尴尬的,窘迫的,尴尬,窘迫inconvenient不方便,不方便的,不便的,不便painful痛苦的,疼痛的,痛苦的是,痛苦不堪的ticklish痒痒的,怕痒,痒痒,怕痒的人troublesome烦人,烦人的,麻烦的事,麻烦的事情uncomfortable不舒服的,不舒服,不太舒服,不舒适的unpleasant令人不快的,不愉快的,令人不快,不愉快compromising妥协的,妥协,妥协性,妥协性的ill at ease局促不安,拘束,拘谨,拘束感inopportune不合时宜,不合时宜的,不入时宜,不合时宜地perplexing令人困惑的,令人费解的,令人疑惑的,令人费解sticky粘稠的,黏糊糊的,粘性,粘稠thorny多刺的,棘手的,荆棘丛生,棘手的问题trying试图,尽力而为,试试,尽力untimely不合时宜,不合时宜的,不入时宜,不合时宜地

Examples

  • It’s the first time I’ve read a book where every sentence is cowritten, and it didn’t feel awkward at all.

  • The painful consequence of that will be a clunky, suboptimal transposition of the physical to the virtual, right down—one fears—to an awkward videoconference cocktail hour.

  • You can also stretch one app across both screens, but it’s unsightly and awkward to have your content sliced down the middle with a big blank bar.

  • The latest service disruptions come at an awkward time for Robinhood.

  • Except that it’ll be rooted in awkward, funny and compelling reality.

  • The squabble was also immortalized in this incredibly awkward family portrait.

  • The rapper will.i.am was one such panelist, forced upon Gregory for an excruciatingly awkward roundtable segment.

  • Some immediately treated the young rapper as a punchline, turning his awkward posture in the photo into a meme.

  • He sketched it quickly, his hand trembling, giving the drawing an awkward, palsied look.

  • By two-thirty on the first afternoon at his house, I long for a cup of coffee but feel awkward about asking.

  • The moment was an awkward one, and Cynthia wished madly that she had not been prompted to ask that unfortunate question.

  • This was no strange sight to the boy by that time, but it was awkward in the circumstances, for he had neither gun nor spear.

  • Finally, his predicament became so awkward that an expression of distress crept into his face.

  • Meyer Isaacson said nothing; and, after a silence that was awkward, Nigel changed the conversation, and not long after went away.

  • Perhaps that made it awkward for him, as he was not accustomed to having his wife in such close proximity with him daily.

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