awkwardness 音标拼音: ['ɔkwɚdnəs]
n .
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awkwardness n 1 :
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [
synonym :
{
awkwardness }, {
clumsiness }, {
ineptness }, {
ineptitude },
{
maladroitness }, {
slowness }]
2 :
the quality of an embarrassing situation ; "
he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal " [
synonym : {
awkwardness }, {
nuisance value }]
3 :
the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant [
synonym : {
awkwardness }, {
clumsiness }]
[
ant : {
gracefulness }]
4 :
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (
as by embarrassment ) [
synonym : {
awkwardness }, {
clumsiness },
{
gracelessness }, {
stiffness }]
5 :
trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape ; "
the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano " [
synonym :
{
awkwardness }, {
cumbersomeness }, {
unwieldiness }]
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1 .
Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands ,
or of instruments ;
not dexterous ;
without skill ;
clumsy ;
wanting ease ,
grace ,
or effectiveness in movement ;
ungraceful ;
as ,
he was awkward at a trick ;
an awkward boy .
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And dropped an awkward courtesy . --
Dryden .
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2 .
Not easily managed or effected ;
embarrassing .
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A long and awkward process . --
Macaulay .
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An awkward affair is one that has gone wrong ,
and is difficult to adjust . --
C .
J .
Smith .
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3 .
Perverse ;
adverse ;
untoward . [
Obs .] "
Awkward casualties ."
"
Awkward wind ." --
Shak .
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O blind guides ,
which being of an awkward religion ,
do strain out a gnat ,
and swallow up a cancel .
--
Udall .
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Syn :
Ungainly ;
unhandy ;
clownish ;
lubberly ;
gawky ;
maladroit ;
bungling ;
inelegant ;
ungraceful ;
unbecoming .
Usage : {
Awkward }, {
Clumsy }, {
Uncouth }.
Awkward has a special reference to outward deportment .
A man is clumsy in his whole person ,
he is awkward in his gait and the movement of his limbs .
Clumsiness is seen at the first view .
Awkwardness is discovered only when a person begins to move .
Hence the expressions ,
a clumsy appearance ,
and an awkward manner .
When we speak figuratively of an awkward excuse ,
we think of a lack of ease and grace in making it ;
when we speak of a clumsy excuse ,
we think of the whole thing as coarse and stupid .
We apply the term uncouth most frequently to that which results from the lack of instruction or training ;
as ,
uncouth manners ;
uncouth language .
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n .
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