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awkward

/ˈɔːkwəd/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈɔːkwəd/
awkward
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Aw vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

aw - kward -> awkward

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ကိုးရိုးကားရားနိုင်သော။

Full entry

awkward /'ↄ:kwǝd/ adj

၁။ အချိုးမကျသော။ ခွတီးခွတဖြစ် သော။
The handle of this teapot has an awkward shape. ❍ It's an awkward door —you have to bend down to go through it.
၂။ ခွကျသော။ အချိုးမပြေသော။
an awkward series of bends in the road ❍ ask an awkward question ❍ You've put me in an awkward position. ❍ Please arrange the next meeting at a less awkward time. ❍ It's very awkward of you to arrange your holiday for next week. ❍ Stop being so awkward! ❍ He can be an awkward customer (ie difficult or dangerous to deal with).
၃။ အနေခက်သော။ ကသိကအောက်ဖြစ်သော။
an awkward silence/smile ❍ I realized they wanted to be alone together so I felt very awkward.
၄။ ကိုးရိုး ကားရား။
Swans are surprisingly awkward on land. ❍ I was always an awkward dancer.

More examples
  • After he spoke there was an awkward silence.
  • Luckily nobody asked any awkward questions about what he was doing there.
  • It’s a bit awkward, because he’s my friend but I’m still his boss.
  • He’s just being awkward.
  • An awkward customer
  • The crates were much too heavy and awkward for one person to carry.
  • He stood there looking stiff and awkward in his uniform.
  • [feel awkward about (doing) something] : She felt awkward about asking to borrow more money.
  • She had arranged all the furniture at awkward angles.
Synonyms
ill at ease, uncomfortable, embarrassed, out of your depth, tongue-tied, self-conscious, discomfited, gauche, inept, discomforted, all thumbs, amateurish, annoying, artless, blundering, bulky, bumbling, bungling, butterfingers, chancy, clumsy, coarse, complex, compromising, contretemps, cramped, cumbersome, dangerous, delicate, difficult, disagreeable, discommodious, embarrassing, floundering, gawky, graceless, green, hard to use, having two left feet, having two left hands, hazardous, incommodious, incompetent, inconvenient, inelegant, inexpert, inopportune, klutzy, lumbering, maladroit, oafish, obdurate, obstinate, painful, perilous, perplexing, problematic, risky, rude, sticky, stiff, stroppy, stubborn, stumbling, thorny, ticklish, tricky, troublesome, trying, uncooperative, uncoordinated, uncouth, uneasy, unfit, ungainly, ungraceful, unhandy, unmanageable, unpleasant, unpolished, unrefined, unskilled, unskillful, untimely, unwieldy
Antonyms
adroit, artful, clever, comfortable, compact, convenient, cooperative, delightful, dexterous, easy, elegant, graceful, handy, helpful, painless, pleasant, safe, secure, skillful, straightforward
Cross references
ill at easeuncomfortableembarrassedout of your depthtongue-tiedself-consciousdiscomfitedgaucheineptdiscomfortedall thumbsamateurishannoyingartlessblunderingbulkybumblingbunglingbutterfingerschancyclumsycoarsecomplexcompromisingcontretempscrampedcumbersomedangerous
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