Awkward

Definition

awkward /'ↄ:kwǝd/ adj ၁။ အခ်ဳိးမက်ေသာ။ ခြတီးခြတျဖစ္ ေသာ။ The handle of this teapot has an awkward shape. ❍ It's an awkward door —you have to bend down to go through it. ၂။ ခြက်ေသာ။ အခ်ဳိးမေျပေသာ။ 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။ အေနခက္ေသာ။ ကသိကေအာက္ျဖစ္ေသာ။ an awkward silence/smile ❍ I realized they wanted to be alone together so I felt very awkward. ၄။ ကိုး႐ိုး ကားရား။ Swans are surprisingly awkward on land. ❍ I was always an awkward dancer.

Examples

1. After he spoke there was an awkward silence.
2. Luckily nobody asked any awkward questions about what he was doing there.
3. It’s a bit awkward
4. because he’s my friend but I’m still his boss.
5. He’s just being awkward.
6. An awkward customer
7. The crates were much too heavy and awkward for one person to carry.
8. He stood there looking stiff and awkward in his uniform.
9. [feel awkward about (doing) something] : She felt awkward about asking to borrow more money.
10. She had arranged all the furniture at awkward angles.