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Learn to pronounce awk·ward

/ˈôkwərd/
adjective
  1. causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with.
    "some awkward questions"
    synonyms: difficult, tricky, fiddly, cumbersome, unwieldy, unhandy, a devil, a bastard, cumbrous, lumbersome, inconvenient, inappropriate, inopportune, unfortunate, unseasonable, a bugger
  2. causing or feeling embarrassment or inconvenience.
    "you have put me in a very awkward position"
    synonyms: embarrassing, uncomfortable, unpleasant, delicate, ticklish, tricky, sensitive, problematic, problematical, troublesome, perplexing, thorny, vexatious, humiliating, compromising, sticky, dicey, hairy, cringeworthy, cringe-making, dodgy, gnarly, embarrassed, self-conscious, ill at ease, uneasy, tense, nervous, edgy, unrelaxed, strained, unquiet
  3. not smooth or graceful; ungainly.
    "Luther's awkward movements impeded his progress"
    synonyms: clumsy, ungainly, uncoordinated, maladroit, graceless, ungraceful, inept, inelegant, unskillful, unhandy, all thumbs, gauche, gawky, gangling, blundering, lumbering, cloddish, wooden, stiff, coltish, all fingers and thumbs, clodhopping, ham-fisted, ham-handed, with two left feet, cack-handed, lubberly

Awkward

2011 ‧ Drama ‧ 5 seasons
7.5/10 · IMDb 78% · Rotten Tomatoes
A cast of fresh faces, with Ashley Rickards in the lead role, stars in this irreverent comedy that centers on teenager Jenna Hamilton, who comes of age after an accident results in a blown-way-out-of-proportion misunderstanding. Narrated in the...
First episode date: July 19, 2011 (USA)
Final episode date: May 24, 2016
Tv show setting: Palos Verdes, California
Created by: Lauren Iungerich
Genre: Teen drama; Comedy drama

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