awkward
/ˈɔːkwəd/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Aw vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
aw - kward -> awkward
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.
- 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.
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