awkward
EJDict
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日本語WordNet
causing inconvenience; "they arrived at an awkward time"
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"
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"
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?"
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"
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"
JMdict
AIによる解説
Lacking grace or ease; causing embarrassment; difficult to handle.
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She completely misunderstood the instructions entirely, whereas "She misunderstood completely the instructions" would sound awkward despite being grammatically permissible, illustrating intuitive placement preferences.
彼女は指示を完全に誤解したが、「She misunderstood completely the instructions」は文法的に許容されるにもかかわらず不自然に聞こえるだろう。これは直感的な配置の好みを示している。
He bears resemblance to his father remarkably, using a collocation that makes "has resemblance" sound awkward despite being grammatically defensible theoretically.
彼は著しく父親に似ているが、理論的に文法的に弁護可能であるにもかかわらず、「has resemblance」を不自然に聞こえさせる共起を使用している。
The conversation kept lapsing into awkward silences.
会話は気まずい沈黙に陥り続けた。
Pronunciation data from ipa-dict (MIT License) based on cmudict-ipa by @lingz