Vụng về

Lúng túng, ngượng ngịu

to feel awkward

cảm thấy lúng túng ngượng ngịu

Bất tiện; khó khăn, nguy hiểm

an awkward door

một cái cửa bất tiện

an awkward turning

một chỗ ngoặt nguy hiểm

Khó xử, rầy rà, rắc rối

to be in an awkward situation

ở trong một tình thế khó xử

awkward age

tuổi mới lớn

awkward customer

người nguy hiểm; con vật nguy hiểm

awkward squad

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Clumsy, ungainly, left-handed, ham-handed, ham-fisted,blundering, bungling, maladroit, uncoordinated, undexterous,inexpert, gauche, unhandy, inept, oafish, unskilled, unskilful,Colloq all thumbs, butter-fingered, Brit cack-handed: In hisawkward attempt at putting the watch back together, Sam left outa few parts. 2 ungraceful, ungainly, inelegant, wooden, gawky:The ballerina made an awkward, flat-footed pirouette andstumbled off stage. 3 embarrassed, shamefaced, uncomfortable,ill at ease, uneasy, out of place, discomfited, confused: Hefelt awkward being the only boy in the class. Terry made anawkward excuse and left the room. 4 dangerous, hazardous, risky,precarious, perilous: Be careful, theres an awkward step here.5 difficult, touchy, sensitive, embarrassing, delicate,unpleasant, uncomfortable, ticklish, tricky, trying,troublesome, Colloq sticky: Hes got himself into a veryawkward situation indeed.

Ill-adapted for use; causing difficulty in use.

Clumsy or bungling.

A embarrassed (felt awkward about it). bembarrassing (an awkward situation).

Difficult to deal with(an awkward customer).

Awkwardly adv. awkwardness n. [obs. awk backhanded,untoward (ME f. ON afugr turned the wrong way) + -WARD]