awkward
difficult, uncomfortable
TRANSLATION
awkward = heikel, misslich, peinlich, schwierig, unangenehm, unbeholfen, ungeschickt, ungünstig LEO says: to be in an awkward position = in der Klemme stecken, in einer misslichen Lage sein an awkward position = eine schwierige Position, unbehagliche Lage awkward customer = unangenehmer Kunde awkward adolescent age = die Flegeljahre, das Flegelalter awkward question = peinliche Frage awkward silence = peinliche Stille --- GOOGLE INDEX awkward: 23,000,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Now, animal lovers and hunters are squaring off (sich konfrontieren) again over another AWKWARD case of nature management: what to do with an albino deer.
(Spiegel Online, English edition)
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“It's a very AWKWARD balance when you're under pressure to deliver earnings for a quarter and you want to be investing and thinking about the long term strategy for the company.”
(Alexia Quadrani, Bear Stearns media analyst, in a Time Magazine interview)
(Spiegel Online, English edition)
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“It's a very AWKWARD balance when you're under pressure to deliver earnings for a quarter and you want to be investing and thinking about the long term strategy for the company.”
(Alexia Quadrani, Bear Stearns media analyst, in a Time Magazine interview)
Did you
know?
awkward
adjective
1. difficult to use, do or deal with
2. causing inconvenience, anxiety or embarrassment
3. embarrassed or nervous
4. intentionally not helpful, uncooperative (used primarily in British English)
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Formed from two words: Old English awk, which meant backhanded or turned the other way and ward, meaning in the direction of. Awk can be traced to an Old Norse word for turned backwards: afugr.
(adapted from the Online Etymology Dictionary)
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SYNONYMS
disagreeable, unpleasant, uncomfortable, troublesome, inconvenient, sticky, ticklish, thorny, embarrassing, unmanageable
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ANTONYMS
convenient, easy, straightforward, relaxing, comfortable, agreeable, favourable
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
“Personal problems often lead to awkward conversations, in small talk I would avoid such subjects."
adjective
1. difficult to use, do or deal with
2. causing inconvenience, anxiety or embarrassment
3. embarrassed or nervous
4. intentionally not helpful, uncooperative (used primarily in British English)
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Formed from two words: Old English awk, which meant backhanded or turned the other way and ward, meaning in the direction of. Awk can be traced to an Old Norse word for turned backwards: afugr.
(adapted from the Online Etymology Dictionary)
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SYNONYMS
disagreeable, unpleasant, uncomfortable, troublesome, inconvenient, sticky, ticklish, thorny, embarrassing, unmanageable
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ANTONYMS
convenient, easy, straightforward, relaxing, comfortable, agreeable, favourable
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
“Personal problems often lead to awkward conversations, in small talk I would avoid such subjects."
