awkward





awkward - adjective

  • lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
  • causing inconvenience
  • difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
  • not elegant or graceful in expression
  • hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
  • socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner

awkward - thesaurus

bunglesome   clumsy   cumbersome   embarrassing   inapt   inept   sticky   uneasy   unenviable   ungainly  


View spelling list aw - longer words and learn about the word awkward in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 14. Spelling choices for /or/ sound: or, ore, au, aw + war.

Scrabble score for awkward

a is 1 w is 4 k is 5 w is 4 a is 1 r is 1 d is 2
Scrabble score = 18

generated at 09:58:48 on 05-12-23

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