Awkward
Crossword Clue and Answers

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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in The Guardian Quick.

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Publications

  • The Guardian Quick - Tuesday, 23 Nov 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 12 Nov 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 16 Apr 2021
  • The Guardian Quick - Monday, 19 Oct 2020
  • The Guardian Quick - Friday, 20 Dec 2019
  • The Guardian Quick - Thursday, 1 Nov 2018
  • The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 10 Jun 2018

Crossword Answers

5 letters

GAWKY
Lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"

INEPT
Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable"

INAPT
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?"

6 letters

STICKY
Hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather"

CLUMSY
Showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"

GAUCHE
Lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"

UNEASY
Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"

TRICKY
Having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow"

8 letters

STRAINED
Struggling for effect; "agonistic poses"

LUBBERLY
Inexperienced in seamanship; "of all landlubbers the most lubberly"

UNTOWARD
Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"

UNGAINLY
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"

UNWIELDY
Lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"

9 letters

GRACELESS
Lacking grace; clumsy; "a graceless production of the play"; "his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter Scott

MALADROIT
Not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda"

LUMBERING
The trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber

INELEGANT
Lacking in refinement or grace or good taste

ILLCHOSEN

ILLATEASE
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"

10 letters

UNGRACEFUL
Lacking grace; clumsy; "a graceless production of the play"; "his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter Scott

BUNGLESOME
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"

UNENVIABLE
So undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy; "unenviable notoriety"

CUMBERSOME
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?"

12 letters

EMBARRASSING
Causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"

INCONVENIENT
Not conveniently timed; "an early departure is inconvenient for us"