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awkwardness

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

尴尬,笨拙,尴尬的事,尴尬的

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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

nounclumsiness; inelegance

Examples

  • Lucia said their initial interaction felt tense and awkward — but it helped that they were wearing nearly the same color and style of ankle boots.

  • Between those two things, there was almost no way to stop the timing from being very awkward.

  • Being able to hear people’s voices made them feel significantly closer to the stranger and turned out not to be more awkward than text-chatting.

  • At some unknown point, another manzanita sprouted, unrecognized and in a most awkward spot.

  • Cody won Head of Household over Enzo and Nicole, meaning he could decide whom to take to the final two — a situation made more awkward by the fact that he had promised both of them he would remain loyal to the end.

  • It also contains some clunky passages of adultery, temptations of the flesh, and general sexual awkwardness.

  • In a romantic relationship, facing humiliation or awkwardness is a strong possibility.

  • Now for the complications and awkwardness, to say nothing of elbows and gossip and rivalries and all that other stuff.

  • It is glorious in its stilted awkwardness, and should be cherished.

  • With two Texans in the running as potential candidates, Sessions sought to diffuse any awkwardness.

  • How could she readily become accustomed to such without displaying awkwardness.

  • This arrangement saves that awkwardness attendant upon entering the room and taking the position before a large company.

  • Ethel, after the awkwardness was over, thought no more of the matter, but went on in full enjoyment f the feast.

  • Massinger and Field accepted frankly the structural awkwardness of their plot as they had fashioned or found it.

  • Some of the congregation do the business gracefully; others get through it like the very grandfather of awkwardness.