awkward 音標拼音: ['ɑkwɚd] ['ɔkwɚd]
a . 笨拙的,不熟練的;使用不便的;尷尬的;難處理的
笨拙的,不熟練的;使用不便的;尷尬的;難處理的
awkward adj 1 :
causing inconvenience ; "
they arrived at an awkward time "
2 :
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 " [
ant : {
graceful }]
3 :
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 " [
synonym : {
awkward },
{
bunglesome }, {
clumsy }, {
ungainly }]
4 :
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 ?" [
synonym : {
awkward }, {
clumsy }, {
cumbersome },
{
inapt }, {
inept }, {
ill -
chosen }]
5 :
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 "
[
synonym : {
awkward }, {
embarrassing }, {
sticky }, {
unenviable }]
6 :
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 "
[
synonym : {
awkward }, {
ill at ease (
p )}, {
uneasy }]
Awkward \
Awk "
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a . [
Awk -
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1 .
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
And dropped an awkward courtesy . --
Dryden .
[
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2 .
Not easily managed or effected ;
embarrassing .
[
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A long and awkward process . --
Macaulay .
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An awkward affair is one that has gone wrong ,
and is difficult to adjust . --
C .
J .
Smith .
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3 .
Perverse ;
adverse ;
untoward . [
Obs .] "
Awkward casualties ."
"
Awkward wind ." --
Shak .
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O blind guides ,
which being of an awkward religion ,
do strain out a gnat ,
and swallow up a cancel .
--
Udall .
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Syn :
Ungainly ;
unhandy ;
clownish ;
lubberly ;
gawky ;
maladroit ;
bungling ;
inelegant ;
ungraceful ;
unbecoming .
Usage : {
Awkward }, {
Clumsy }, {
Uncouth }.
Awkward has a special reference to outward deportment .
A man is clumsy in his whole person ,
he is awkward in his gait and the movement of his limbs .
Clumsiness is seen at the first view .
Awkwardness is discovered only when a person begins to move .
Hence the expressions ,
a clumsy appearance ,
and an awkward manner .
When we speak figuratively of an awkward excuse ,
we think of a lack of ease and grace in making it ;
when we speak of a clumsy excuse ,
we think of the whole thing as coarse and stupid .
We apply the term uncouth most frequently to that which results from the lack of instruction or training ;
as ,
uncouth manners ;
uncouth language .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Awk "
ward *
ly }
([
add ]
k "
we [~
e ]
rd *
l [
y ^]),
adv . -- {
Awk "
ward *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
145 Moby Thesaurus words for "
awkward ":
Latinate ,
all thumbs ,
blankminded ,
blunderheaded ,
blundering ,
bombastic ,
boorish ,
bulky ,
bumbling ,
bungling ,
butterfingered ,
callow ,
careless ,
clownish ,
clumsy ,
clumsy -
fisted ,
confused ,
contrary ,
cramped ,
crosswise ,
crushing ,
cumbersome ,
cumbrous ,
dangerous ,
delicate ,
difficult ,
discomfited ,
discommodious ,
disconcerted ,
disconcerting ,
disturbing ,
dumb ,
elephantine ,
embarrassed ,
embarrassing ,
empty ,
empty -
headed ,
fingers all thumbs ,
forced ,
formal ,
fumbling ,
gauche ,
gawkish ,
gawky ,
graceless ,
green ,
groping ,
guinde ,
halting ,
ham -
fisted ,
ham -
handed ,
hazardous ,
heavy ,
heavy -
handed ,
hulking ,
hulky ,
humiliating ,
ignorant ,
ill at ease ,
ill -
chosen ,
impractical ,
inane ,
incommodious ,
inconvenient ,
inefficient ,
inelegant ,
inept ,
inexperienced ,
inexpert ,
inkhorn ,
innocent ,
know -
nothing ,
labored ,
leaden ,
left -
hand ,
left -
handed ,
loutish ,
lubberly ,
lumbering ,
lumpish ,
lumpy ,
maladroit ,
massive ,
massy ,
mortifying ,
naive ,
nescient ,
oafish ,
out of place ,
perilous ,
perverse ,
pompous ,
ponderous ,
precarious ,
raw ,
rigid ,
risky ,
sensitive ,
sesquipedalian ,
shamefaced ,
simple ,
sloppy ,
splay ,
sticky ,
stiff ,
stilted ,
strange to ,
tentative ,
ticklish ,
touchy ,
tricky ,
troublesome ,
trying ,
turgid ,
unacquainted ,
unapprized ,
uncomfortable ,
uncomprehending ,
unconversant ,
uncouth ,
undexterous ,
uneasy ,
unenlightened ,
unfamiliar ,
unfortunate ,
ungainly ,
ungraceful ,
unhandy ,
unhappy ,
unilluminated ,
uninformed ,
uninitiated ,
unintelligent ,
unknowing ,
unmanageable ,
unpleasant ,
unposted ,
unripe ,
unskilled ,
unskillful ,
unsure ,
unversed ,
unwieldy ,
vacuous ,
wooden
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