English to English
adjective
- lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
An awkward dancer.
An awkward gesture.
Too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes.
His clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- causing inconvenience
They arrived at an awkward time.
source: WordNet 3.0
- difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
An awkward bundle to carry.
A load of bunglesome paraphernalia.
Clumsy wooden shoes.
The cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl.
source: WordNet 3.0
- not elegant or graceful in expression
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?.
source: WordNet 3.0
- hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
Awkward and reserved at parties.
Ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know.
Was always uneasy with strangers.
source: WordNet 3.0
English to Tagalog
adj
- [ókuord] Magaspang; bastos; musmos; mahirap gawin
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
