lacking skill or dexterity; clumsy.

lacking grace or ease in movement

an awkward gesture; an awkward dancer.

lacking social graces or manners

a simple, awkward frontiersman.

not well planned or designed for easy or effective use

an awkward instrument; an awkward method.

requiring caution; somewhat hazardous; dangerous

an awkward turn in the road.

hard to deal with; difficult; requiring skill, tact, or the like

an awkward situation; an awkward customer.

embarrassing or inconvenient; caused by lack of social grace

an awkward moment

Obsolete . untoward; perverse.

noun

artfulness , dexterity , elegance , grace , handiness , skill , convenience , ease , easiness , straightforwardness , cleverness

noun

amateurishness , artlessness , boorishness , cloddishness , coarseness , crudeness , gawkiness , gracelessness , greenness , ignorance , inability , incompetence , ineptitude , ineptness , inexpertness , maladroitness , oafishness , rudeness , tactlessness , uncoordination , uncouthness , ungainliness , unskillfulness , bulkiness , chanciness , cumbersomeness , danger , hazardousness , inconvenience , peril , perilousness , risk , troublesomeness , uncomfortableness , unhandiness , unmanageability , unwieldiness , delicacy , difficulty , discomfort , inopportuneness , painfulness , stickiness , thorniness , ticklishness , trouble , unpleasantness , untimeliness