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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
awkward/ˈɔːkwəd/
▶adjective
- 1 hard to do or deal with.
- 2 causing or feeling uneasy embarrassment.
- 3 not smooth or graceful.
– derivatives
awkwardly adverb,
awkwardness noun.
awkwardly adverb,
awkwardness noun.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘the wrong way round, upside down’): from dial. awk (from ON afugr) + -ward.
'awkward' also found in these Oxford entries:
balky
- bastard
- bugger
- bumble
- can
- catch
- clamber
- cloddish
- clodhopper
- clumsy
- coltish
- corner
- crabwise
- cussed
- cut
- devil
- difficult
- dig
- embarrass
- excruciating
- fiddle
- fiddly
- fix
- gangling
- gauche
- gaucherie
- gawk
- gawky
- ham-fisted
- hobble
- hobbledehoy
- hole
- hot potato
- how-do-you-do
- inept
- jam
- kettle
- klutz
- left
- lumber
- lumbersome
- paper
- pass
- perisher
- piggy
- schlemiel
- self-conscious
- shamble
- shit
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(Awkward?) Comparative Structure
a awkward moment; stage wait
An awkward pic?
an awkward sentence
An awkward sentence
An awkward sentence?
awkward
Awkward - Clumsy - Clunky - Gauche - Goofy
Awkward past tense construction
awkward sentence
awkward sentence
Awkward sentence - logic or sentence structure
awkward sentences
awkward situation
awkward sounding
awkward structure
Awkward syntax in newapaper column
awkward to smooth
awkward vs. wordy sentences
Awkward Wording?
Awkward!Awkward!Abuse!Abuse!
bulky and awkward sentences
But I didn't feel much awkward to be with him any more.
child star turned awkward adult
clumsy, unskillful, awkward
Does "'70s and 1980s" sound awkward, although ”1970s and '80s” doesn't?
does it sound awkward?
Education... awkward phrase
I slept in an awkward position
more...
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