awkward in WordNet English dictionary

1. lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
   "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"
   awkward 
   
2. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
   "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"
   awkward  embarrassing  sticky  unenviable 
   
3. causing inconvenience
   "they arrived at an awkward time"
   awkward 
   
4. not elegant or graceful in expression
   "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
   awkward  clumsy  cumbersome  inapt  inept  ill-chosen 
   
5. socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
   "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"
   awkward  ill at ease  uneasy 
   
6. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
   "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
   awkward  bunglesome  clumsy  ungainly