Thesaurus / awkward
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synonyms for awkward
- amateurish
- rude
- stiff
- all thumbs
- artless
- blundering
- bulky
- bumbling
- bungling
- butterfingers
- coarse
- floundering
- gawky
- graceless
- green
- having two left feet
- having two left hands
- incompetent
- inept
- inexpert
- klutzy
- lumbering
- maladroit
- oafish
- stumbling
- uncoordinated
- uncouth
- unfit
- ungainly
- ungraceful
- unhandy
- unpolished
- unrefined
- unskilled
- unskillful
See also synonyms for: awkwardly / awkwardness
- annoying
- cumbersome
- dangerous
- inconvenient
- perilous
- risky
- troublesome
- uncomfortable
- unwieldy
- bulky
- chancy
- cramped
- disagreeable
- discommodious
- hard to use
- hazardous
- incommodious
- unhandy
- unmanageable
- delicate
- difficult
- embarrassed
- inconvenient
- painful
- ticklish
- troublesome
- uncomfortable
- unpleasant
- compromising
- ill at ease
- inopportune
- perplexing
- sticky
- thorny
- trying
- untimely
antonyms for awkward
MOST RELEVANT
- convenient
- easy
- helpful
- safe
- secure
- adroit
- artful
- clever
- dexterous
- elegant
- graceful
- handy
- skillful
- straightforward
- delightful
- easy
- helpful
- painless
- pleasant
- straightforward
- adroit
- artful
- clever
- convenient
- dexterous
- elegant
- graceful
- handy
- skillful
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It’s the first time I’ve read a book where every sentence is cowritten, and it didn’t feel awkward at all.
THE BEST THINGS I BOUGHT IN SEPTEMBER TO MAKE WORKING AND LIVING AT HOME EASIERRACHEL SCHALLOMSEPTEMBER 27, 2020FORTUNEThe painful consequence of that will be a clunky, suboptimal transposition of the physical to the virtual, right down—one fears—to an awkward videoconference cocktail hour.
CAN THE CORPORATE ‘OFFSITE’ SURVIVE COVID?MATTHEWHEIMERSEPTEMBER 24, 2020FORTUNEYou can also stretch one app across both screens, but it’s unsightly and awkward to have your content sliced down the middle with a big blank bar.
REVIEW OF THE MICROSOFT SURFACE DUO FOLDING PHONE: VERY PRETTY BUT JUST HOW USEFUL IS IT?AARON PRESSMANSEPTEMBER 10, 2020FORTUNEThe latest service disruptions come at an awkward time for Robinhood.
ROBINHOOD APP STUMBLES AMID SURGE IN APPLE, TESLA TRADING VOLUMEJEFFSEPTEMBER 1, 2020FORTUNEExcept that it’ll be rooted in awkward, funny and compelling reality.
HOW MICHAELA COEL TELLS AWKWARD TRUTHSEROMO EGBEJULEAUGUST 30, 2020OZYThe moment was an awkward one, and Cynthia wished madly that she had not been prompted to ask that unfortunate question.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMANThis was no strange sight to the boy by that time, but it was awkward in the circumstances, for he had neither gun nor spear.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEFinally, his predicament became so awkward that an expression of distress crept into his face.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXMeyer Isaacson said nothing; and, after a silence that was awkward, Nigel changed the conversation, and not long after went away.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENSPerhaps that made it awkward for him, as he was not accustomed to having his wife in such close proximity with him daily.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXWORDS RELATED TO AWKWARD
- apish
- artificial
- assumed
- awkward
- campy
- chichi
- conceited
- contrived
- counterfeit
- counterfeited
- faked
- false
- feigned
- fraudulent
- gone Hollywood
- hammy
- highfalutin
- hollow
- imitated
- insincere
- la-di-da
- melodramatic
- ostentatious
- overdone
- pedantic
- phony
- playacting
- pompous
- precious
- pretended
- pretentious
- put on
- schmaltzy
- self-conscious
- shallow
- sham
- simulated
- spurious
- stiff
- stilted
- studied
- superficial
- theatrical
- unnatural
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.