AWKWARD vs STRAINED: ADJECTIVE
- Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
- Causing inconvenience
- Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
- Not elegant or graceful in expression
- Lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
- Not dexterous; clumsy.
- Clumsily or unskillfully performed.
- Difficult to handle or manage.
- Difficult to effect; uncomfortable.
- Marked by or causing embarrassment or discomfort.
- Requiring great tact, ingenuity, skill, and discretion.
- Not graceful; ungainly.
- Not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner
- Socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
- Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle
- Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction
- Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments
- Perverse; adverse; untoward.
- Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
- Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful
- Showing signs of mental and emotional tension
- Under tension; tense.
- Forced through a strainer.
- Done or produced with straining or excessive effort.
- Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened.
- Twisted; wrenched.
- Antagonized to the verge of open conflict.
- Extended beyond proper limits.
- Done with or marked by excessive effort; forced.
- Having been passed through a strainer.
- Lacking spontaneity; not natural
- Struggling for effect
- Under great stress
- Lacking natural ease
AWKWARD vs STRAINED: VERB
- N/A
- Simple past tense and past participle of strain.
AWKWARD vs STRAINED: ADVERB
- In a backwards direction.
- N/A
AWKWARD vs STRAINED: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Synonyms and Awkward, Clumsy, Ungainly, Uncouth, Bungling, unhandy, inexpert, unskilful, inapt, lubberly; uncourtly, inelegant, constrained, clownish. Awkward is generally applied to want of ease and grace or skill in bodily movement, especially of the arms or legs: as, an awkward gait; awkward in the use of a tool. Clumsy starts from the notion of heaviness, and consequent unwieldiness or awkwardness in use; it is applicable to the whole body or to any part of it, even when still: as, a clumsy figure; clumsy hands. This difference is also found in the figurative use of the words: a clumsy excuse is one that is put together badly; an awkward excuse is one that may be good, but is not gracefully presented. Ungainly, literally unhandsome, not pleasing to the eye, is applied generally to awkwardness of appearance. Uncouth, literally unknown, uncommon, and so, by a bit of human conceit, uninstructed, untrained, unrefined, sometimes even rude, barbarous: as, uncouth phrases, manners. Bungling, awkward in doing, handling awkwardly, spoiling by awkwardness, in either literal or figurative use: as, he made bungling work of it.
- Not easily dealt with; troublesome; vexatious; requiring caution: as, an awkward predicament.
- Embarrassed; not at ease: used in relation to persons: as, an awkward feeling.
- Ungraceful in action or person; ungainly; uncouth: as, awkward gestures; the awkward gambols of the elephant.
- Wanting dexterity or skill in action or movement; clumsy in doing anything, as in using tools or implements; bungling.
- Ill adapted for use or handling; unhandy in operation; clumsy: as, awkward instruments or contrivances.
- Untoward; adverse.
- Perverted; perverse.
- Turned the wrong way; backhanded.
- Hard to deal with
- Socially uncomfortable
- Unsure and constrained in manner
- Awkwardly; clumsily.
- Asquint.
- In the wrong direction; in the wrong way; backward.
- Unlucky.
- Lacking spontaneity
- Forced; carried beyond proper limits: as, a strained interpretation of a law.
- Of this or that strain or breed, as an animal.
- Not natural
AWKWARD vs STRAINED: RELATED WORDS
- Graceless, Sticky, Infelicitous, Unwieldy, Cumbersome, Difficult, Clunky, Inconvenient, Gawky, Uneasy, Ungainly, Embarrassing, Ungraceful, Clumsy, Uncomfortable
- Twisted, Rocky, Uneasy, Deteriorated, Stretched, Soured, Laboured, Agonistic, Unnatural, Affected, Labored, Forced, Awkward, Constrained, Tense
AWKWARD vs STRAINED: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Graceless, Sticky, Infelicitous, Unwieldy, Cumbersome, Difficult, Clunky, Inconvenient, Gawky, Uneasy, Ungainly, Embarrassing, Ungraceful, Clumsy, Uncomfortable
- Twisted, Rocky, Uneasy, Deteriorated, Stretched, Soured, Laboured, Agonistic, Unnatural, Affected, Labored, Forced, Awkward, Constrained, Tense
AWKWARD vs STRAINED: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Should I apologize for the awkward midweek intrusion?
- And a DJ could make things awkward, even.
- Tom gave a very awkward answer on Jeopardy.
- Positioning yourself to use comfortable, not awkward, postures.
- An awkward moment, they each sip their champagne.
- Jocks teach an awkward situation turns kinky things.
- Sometimes the animation can look awkward and creepy.
- Removed some awkward NPCs near the Calpheon Parliament.
- Transport and develop cassettes Mammography imaging equipment Awkward posture to position mammography equipment and patient Forceful and awkward gripping posture to carry cassettes.
- Most Awkward Pictures from Pets at Awkward Family Photos.
- This leaves your lower back unsupported and strained.
- In both cases, focus group community is strained.
- We then strained the liquid through a cheesecloth.
- Family relationships can become strained in stressful situations.
- Since then I strained something in my shoulder.
- She suddenly relaxed, sagging, then strained again, then sagged further, then strained again.
- Defensive tackle Joe Salave???a, who has missed two games due to a strained right calf, strained his left calf Sunday.
- Separating herself from them really helped her in the long run, and made her strained relationship with her parents a little less strained.
- Every arguable factual inference is being stretched to, if not beyond, its limits, and then strained inferences are piled on top of strained inferences.
- Then I strained it, rinsed the strainer, and what was strained out were a gazillion bits of coagulated butter.
AWKWARD vs STRAINED: QUESTIONS
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- How to network at conferences without being awkward?
- What factors affect awkward postures in the workplace?
- What are some movies with socially awkward protagonists?
- Does being socially awkward affect your creativity?
- Why does Tyler the creator sound awkward in awkward?
- Are awkward people just awkward people who have awkward moments?
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- Why does Tsubasa have a strained relationship with her father?
- What is the best way to store strained cooking oil?
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- How is Ethan's conversation with Mattie and Zeena strained?
- Are strained ruthenium complexes potent light-activated anticancer agents?
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- What are the treatments for a strained chest muscle?
- What happens when you have a strained relationship?