1. awkward

adjective. ['ˈɔkwɝd'] causing inconvenience.

Rhymes with Awkward

• awkward
• aylward
• backward
• buzzword
• carryforward
• cloward
• derward
• dorward
• downward
• durward
• eastward
• eduard
• edward
• gatward
• goward
• hallward
• harward
• hayward
• heyward
• homeward

How do you pronounce awkward?

Pronounce awkward as ˈɔkwərd.

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How to spell awkward? Is it akward? Or ackward? Common misspellings are:

• akward
• ackward

Sentences with awkward

1. Adjective
What is different about this drain stopper is that it eliminates the need for a chain or awkward handles.

2. Adverb
Trying to place the screw through that middle rib can be awkward.

Quotes about awkward

1. You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a way out.
- Janet Evanovich

2. I love Charlie, Billy Burke's character. Writing for him is so spectacular, he's so funny and wry and every scene he's in he just takes. There's a scene in 'Eclipse' where Bella tells him she's a virgin, and it's the funniest, most awkward scene I've ever seen on film.
- Melissa Rosenberg

3. Between memory and reality there are awkward discrepancies...
- Eileen Chang

2. awkward

adjective. ['ˈɔkwɝd'] lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance.

3. awkward

adjective. ['ˈɔkwɝd'] difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.

4. awkward

adjective. ['ˈɔkwɝd'] not elegant or graceful in expression.

5. awkward

adjective. ['ˈɔkwɝd'] hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment.

6. awkward

adjective. ['ˈɔkwɝd'] socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner.