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• there was an awkward silence.
• i felt awkward because they obviously wanted to be alone.
• don't ask awkward questions.
• you've put me in an awkward position.

awkward

1. making you feel embarrassed
• There was an awkward silence.
• I felt awkward because they obviously wanted to be alone.
2. difficult to deal with
• synonym difficult
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/difficult
• Don't ask awkward questions.
• You've put me in an awkward position.
• an awkward customer (= a person who is difficult to deal with)
• Please don't be awkward about letting him come.
• It makes things awkward for everyone when you behave like that.
3. not convenient
• synonym inconvenient
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/inconvenient
• Have I come at an awkward time?
4. difficult or dangerous because of its shape or design
• This box is very awkward for one person to carry.
• This tool will reach into awkward corners, such as under kitchen units.
5. not moving in an easy way; not comfortable
• See related entries: Position and movement
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/position_and_movement/awkward_1
• He tried to dance, but he was too clumsy and awkward.
• I must have slept in an awkward position—I'm aching all over.

Extra Examples

• He always sounded awkward on the phone.
• He could make things very awkward for me if he wanted to.
• He was embarrassed, which made him awkward.
• I was the most socially awkward person you could imagine.
• She asked some rather awkward questions.
• She is awkward with people she doesn’t know.
• They felt awkward about having to leave so soon.
• Don’t ask awkward questions.
• He can be an awkward customer.
• He was in an awkward situation and I thought he handled it very well.
• Please don’t be awkward about letting him come.
• That’s a bit awkward for me—could we make it earlier?
• There was an awkward moment when they asked about his wife.
• You’ve put me in an awkward position.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the sense ‘the wrong way round, upside down’): from dialect awk ‘backwards, perverse, clumsy’ (from Old Norse afugr ‘turned the wrong way’) + -ward.