awkward

Words with a similar base: awkward

'awkward'

[awkward.s.01] as in: causing inconvenience

Examples:
they arrived at an awkward time

'awkward'

[awkward.a.02] as in: lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance

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

'awkward'

[awkward.s.02] as in: difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

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

'awkward'

[awkward.s.03] as in: not elegant or graceful in expression

Examples:
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?

'awkward'

[awkward.s.04] as in: hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment

Examples:
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

'awkward'

[awkward.s.05] as in: socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner

Examples:
awkward and reserved at parties
ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know
was always uneasy with strangers

Origins

					awkward (English)
├── -ward (English)
│   └── -weard (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── awk (English)

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