awkward
معنی فارسی
زشت ناهنجار بي لطافت خام دست ناشي سخت غير استادانه
معنی کامل و مثالها
/ôk´wǝrd/adj.
● (در مورد حرکات و قیافه و هیکل) دست و پا چلفتی، چلفت، بیقواره، بدقواره، فرخج
he walks awkwardly
راه رفتنش بدقواره است.
● ناجور، حجب آفرین، خجول و کمرو، خجل کننده
an awkward joke
شوخی نامناسب و خجل کننده
awkward behavior
رفتار شرمنده کننده
● بدساخت، سخت کاربرد، اسبابی که به کاربردنش سخت و ناراحت کننده باشد
an awkward lawnmower
چمن زن بد قلق
● ناراحت کننده، ناخوشایند
I found myself in an awkward position
خود را در موقعیت ناراحت کنندهای یافتم.
my situation between the two mutually hostile brothers was very awkward
وضعیت من در میان آن دو برادری که به هم خصومت میورزیدند بسیار حساس و مشکل بود.
● (مهجور) غیرطبیعی، منحرف، عجیب و غریب
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From the Middle English word 'awk' meaning 'turned the wrong way' or 'back-handed'.
مثال
- He felt awkward in the unfamiliar social setting.
- The conversation became awkward after the misunderstanding.
- She tripped and had an awkward fall.
ترکیبهای رایج
Feel awkward Conversation becomes awkward Awkward fall
تعریف انگلیسی
- 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”
مترادفها
adjective
1. Unskilful, bungling, unhandy, maladroit, inapt, clumsy, without dexterity.
2. Unwieldy, lumbering, unmanageable, inconvenient, unfit.
3. Uncouth, unrefined, unpolished, uncourtly, rude, rough, clumsy, coarse, wooden, inelegant, ungainly, untoward, ungraceful, stiff, constrained, uneasy, rustic, boorish, clownish, loutish, gawky, lubberly, slouching.