awkward

• "they arrived at an awkward time"

• "an awkward dancer"
• "an awkward gesture"
• "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"
• "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"

• "an awkward bundle to carry"
• "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"
• "clumsy wooden shoes"
• "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"

Synonyms

• bunglesomedifficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
• clumsylacking grace in movement or posture; not elegant or graceful in expression; difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; showing lack of skill or aptitude
• ungainlylacking grace in movement or posture; difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

• "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?"

Synonyms

• clumsylacking grace in movement or posture; not elegant or graceful in expression; difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; showing lack of skill or aptitude
• cumbersomedifficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; not elegant or graceful in expression
• inaptnot elegant or graceful in expression
• ineptnot elegant or graceful in expression; generally incompetent and ineffectual; revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
• ill-chosennot elegant or graceful in expression

• "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"

Synonyms

• embarrassinghard to deal with; causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
• stickyhaving the sticky properties of an adhesive ; moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body; hot or warm and humid; hard to deal with; covered with an adhesive material
• unenviablehard to deal with; so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy

• "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"

Synonyms

• ill at ease(p)
• uneasylacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance; lacking or not affording physical or mental rest; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; socially uncomfortable; relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort