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awkwarder |
Overview of adj awkward The adj awkward has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (6) awkward -- (causing inconvenience; "they arrived at an awkward time") 2. (2) awkward -- (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") 3. (1) awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly -- (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") 4. awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen -- (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?") 5. awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable -- (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") 6. awkward, ill at ease, uneasy -- (not at ease socially; 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") Antonyms of adj awkward 6 senses of awkward Sense 1 awkward INDIRECT (VIA inconvenient) -> convenient Sense 2 awkward (vs. graceful) graceful (vs. awkward) => deft => elegant => flowing, fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth => gainly => gracile, willowy => lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike => fluent Sense 3 awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly INDIRECT (VIA unwieldy) -> wieldy, manageable Sense 4 awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen INDIRECT (VIA infelicitous) -> felicitous Sense 5 awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable INDIRECT (VIA difficult) -> easy Sense 6 awkward, ill at ease(prenominal), uneasy INDIRECT (VIA uncomfortable) -> comfortable Similarity of adj awkward 6 senses of awkward Sense 1 awkward => inconvenient (vs. convenient) Sense 2 awkward (vs. graceful) => gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy => graceless, ungraceful => labored, laboured, strained => wooden Also See-> maladroit#1; ugly#1 Sense 3 awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly => unwieldy (vs. wieldy), unmanageable Sense 4 awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen => infelicitous (vs. felicitous) Sense 5 awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable => difficult (vs. easy), hard Sense 6 awkward, ill at ease(prenominal), uneasy => uncomfortable (vs. comfortable) Attributes of adj awkward Familiarity of adj awkward awkward used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6) Grep of adj awkward awkward Overview of adj awkward The adj awkward has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (6) awkward -- (causing inconvenience; "they arrived at an awkward time") 2. (2) awkward -- (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") 3. (1) awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly -- (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") 4. awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen -- (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?") 5. awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable -- (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") 6. awkward, ill at ease, uneasy -- (not at ease socially; 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")