形容词

1. 使人尴尬的；难处理的；棘手的
An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.

1. socially uncomfortable
unsure and constrained in manner

e.g. awkward and reserved at parties
ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know
was always uneasy with strangers

Synonym: ill at ease(p)uneasy

2. causing inconvenience

e.g. they arrived at an awkward time

3. hard to deal with
especially causing pain or embarrassment

e.g. awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion
an awkward pause followed his remark
a sticky question
in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign

Synonym: embarrassingstickyunenviable

4. not elegant or graceful in expression

e.g. an awkward prose style
a clumsy apology
his cumbersome writing style
if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?

Synonym: clumsycumbersomeinaptineptill-chosen

5. lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance

e.g. an awkward dancer
an awkward gesture
too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes
his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot

6. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

e.g. an awkward bundle to carry
a load of bunglesome paraphernalia
clumsy wooden shoes
the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl

Synonym: bunglesomeclumsyungainly