Word "AWKWARD" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
Synonyms:
ill at ease, uneasy
Examples:
awkward and reserved at parties

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
Synonyms:
bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly
Examples:
an awkward bundle to carry

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
not elegant or graceful in expression
Synonyms:
clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept
Examples:
an awkward prose style

Crossword Clues for AWKWARD

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Clumsy, gawky (7)
Clumsy The Sun Two Speed 12 May 2025
Tricky week in a hospital room The Sun Two Speed 12 May 2025
Tricky (7) Puzzler 08 May 2025
Clumsy Mirror Classic 26 Apr 2025
Clumsy or unwieldy (7)
Clumsy hawk warden loses female bird
Clumsy with a kilo in weights, by the way (7)
Ungainly or inelegant in movements or posture (7)
Clumsy, ungainly (7) The Times Concise 27 Jan 2025
Uncomfortable week in a part of prison (7)
Gauche The Telegraph Quick 05 Jan 2025
Embarrassing all the way around
Clumsy Mirror Classic 21 Dec 2024
Graceless Wall Street Journal 16 Nov 2024
Reportedly where they treat diving bird and even that will prove difficult (7)
Inelegant when seen in Mohawk wardrobe (7)
Discomfiting, not graceful (7)
Clumsy, inelegant
Tricky week in a part of hospital (7)
"The Mis-Adventures of ___ Black Girl" (Issa Rae web series)
Unreasonable a nuisance
A work in front of department is clumsy (7)
Auk would sound ill at ease (7)
Without graceful coordination
Klutzy Newsday 28 Jun 2024
Ungraceful bird heard, needing room (7)
Causing inconvenience
Clumsy, not graceful: it was an - movement
Difficult week disturbing a protégé The Times Quick Cryptic 14 May 2024
Issa starred in ___ Black Girl
Hen left hawk? Warden ill at ease (7)
A week facing custody may be difficult to deal with (7)
A week facing custody may be difficult to deal with The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Mar 2024
Clumsy Thomas Joseph 20 Jan 2024
Ungraceful (7) Puzzler 20 Jan 2024
A weekend to end with electorate is difficult to handle (7)
Embarrassing prize includes whiskey cocktail (7)
Singsongy comment for uncomfortable situations
Uncomfortable week stuck in a room in hospital The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Jul 2023
Hard to deal with The Times Concise 18 Jul 2022
Cringeworthy Universal 14 Jul 2022
Uneasy, having aggressive advocate for Cockney region of city The Telegraph Toughie 06 Jul 2022
A week on vacation with a principally rebellious daughter? Tricky
After a week minor perhaps gets bolshie The Times Cryptic 03 Jan 2022
Troublesome warmonger abandons front before charge
Clumsy and ungraceful Irish Times Simplex 11 Sep 2021
Hard to deal with The Times Concise 08 Sep 2021
Uncomfortable The Sun Two Speed 12 Oct 2020
Clumsy wicket-keeper breaks trophy The Sun Two Speed 12 Oct 2020
Difficult militarist abandoning first room in hospital
Difficult militarist, no leader at war, died The Sun Two Speed 30 Mar 2020
Clumsy The Sun Two Speed 30 Mar 2020
Tricky week in a hospital room The Sun Two Speed 21 Feb 2020
Clumsy and ungraceful Irish Times Simplex 29 Nov 2019
Socially embarrassing or uncomfortable
Clumsy The Times Concise 10 Nov 2019
Difficult week in a place where the patient might be tested?
Clumsy, ungraceful Irish Times Simplex 26 Jun 2019
Clumsy warmonger losing head over approach from the south The Telegraph Toughie 26 Apr 2019
Week in a hospital room is not comfortable
Clumsy Eugene Sheffer 08 Jan 2019
Hard to deal with The Times Concise 10 Dec 2018
Uncomfortable week in a room in hospital The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Oct 2018
Clumsy, ill at ease Irish Times Simplex 05 Jul 2018
A seven days period of conflict with daughter being difficult
Causing difficulty The Telegraph Quick 27 Nov 2017
Gauche The Telegraph Quick 12 Nov 2017
Hardly graceful Wall Street Journal 28 Oct 2017
After a week, child in custody becomes uncooperative
Difficult week spent in a hospital room
Ungainly The Telegraph Quick 06 Jul 2017
Tricky week in a section of hospital
With king stuck in a section, it gets tricky
Difficult militarist losing head with charge The Times Cryptic 02 Jan 2017
Embarrassed to give hugs with bit of kissing
All thumbs New York Times 16 Feb 2016
Ungainly Oscar, say, coming round with king
All thumbs
One week with foster child possibly is difficult
Hard to control a child, perhaps, after work, hollowed out The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Nov 2015
Ungainly New York Times 16 Aug 2015
Clumsy wicketkeeper breaks trophy
Clumsy Thomas Joseph 21 Jul 2015
Clumsy The Telegraph Quick 19 Jun 2015
Self-conscious tout heading off division in town The Times Cryptic 10 Jun 2015
Hard to deal with child in care after a week The Times Cryptic 29 May 2015
A week on location in the NHS is difficult to deal with The Times Cryptic 30 Apr 2015
Ungainly
Graceless
Socially uncomfortable
Difficult few days in trophy
Embarrassed by prize that contains little power
Opposite of socially smooth
Singsongy comment in a sticky situation
Singsongy "This is an uncomfortable moment"
Opposite of socially smooth
Like some silences
Like some silences
Schleppy
Like most early adolescents
Like most early adolescents
Socially embarrassing
Constrained
All arms and legs
Klutzy
All thumbs
All thumbs
Klutzy
Hardly graceful
Lubberly
All thumbs
All thumbs
Hardly graceful
Ungainly
Ungainly
All thumbs
All thumbs
Klutzy
Opposite of smooth
Ungainly
Maladroit
Difficult to handle
Gawky
Graceless
Maladroit.
Inopportune.
Ungraceful.
Gauche.
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