Results for awkward

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.




Synonyms and related words:



Latinate
disconcerting
ill at ease
oafish
uncomfortable
all thumbs
disturbing
ill-chosen
out of place
uncomprehending
blankminded
dumb
impractical
perilous
unconversant
blunderheaded
elephantine
inane
perverse
uncouth
blundering
embarrassed
incommodious
pompous
undexterous
bombastic
embarrassing
inconvenient
ponderous
uneasy
boorish
empty
inefficient
precarious
unenlightened
bulky
empty-headed
inelegant
raw
unfamiliar
bumbling
fingers all thumbs
inept
rigid
unfortunate
bungling
forced
inexperienced
risky
ungainly
butterfingered
formal
inexpert
sensitive
ungraceful
callow
fumbling
inkhorn
sesquipedalian
unhandy
careless
gauche
innocent
shamefaced
unhappy
clownish
gawkish
know-nothing
simple
unilluminated
clumsy
gawky
labored
sloppy
uninformed
clumsy-fisted
graceless
leaden
splay
uninitiated
confused
green
left-hand
sticky
unintelligent
contrary
groping
left-handed
stiff
unknowing
cramped
guinde
loutish
stilted
unmanageable
crosswise
halting
lubberly
strange to
unpleasant
crushing
ham-fisted
lumbering
tentative
unposted
cumbersome
ham-handed
lumpish
ticklish
unripe
cumbrous
hazardous
lumpy
touchy
unskilled
dangerous
heavy
maladroit
tricky
unskillful
delicate
heavy-handed
massive
troublesome
unsure
difficult
hulking
massy
trying
unversed
discomfited
hulky
mortifying
turgid
unwieldy
discommodious
humiliating
naive
unacquainted
vacuous
disconcerted
ignorant
nescient
unapprized
wooden