Awkward
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.