Awkward

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Difficult

Synonyms Difficult, fiddly, unwieldy, a devil, cumbrous, inconvenient, inopportune, unseasonable, tricky, cumbersome, unhandy, a bastard, lumbersome, inappropriate, and unfortunate.

Unreasonable

Synonyms Unreasonable, unhelpful, annoying, unaccommodating, disobliging, perverse, exasperating, stubborn, thrawn, pesky, bolshie, contumacious, renitent, uncooperative, difficult, obstructive, refractory, contrary, tiresome, trying, obstinate, cussed, bloody-minded, balky, froward, and pervicacious.

Embarrassing

Synonyms Embarrassing, unpleasant, ticklish, sensitive, problematical, perplexing, vexatious, compromising, dicey, cringeworthy, dodgy, embarrassed, ill at ease, tense, edgy, strained, uncomfortable, delicate, tricky, problematic, troublesome, thorny, humiliating, sticky, hairy, cringe-making, gnarly, self-conscious, uneasy, nervous, unrelaxed, and unquiet.

Clumsy

Synonyms Clumsy, uncoordinated, graceless, inept, unskilful, all thumbs, gawky, blundering, cloddish, stiff, all fingers and thumbs, ham-fisted, with two left feet, lubberly, ungainly, maladroit, ungraceful, inelegant, unhandy, gauche, gangling, lumbering, wooden, coltish, clodhopping, ham-handed, and cack-handed.

Example Sentences

The conversation became increasingly awkward quickly.

She felt awkward in social situations.

His silence created an awkward atmosphere.

They exchanged awkward glances during introductions.