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.