Hyphenation of Awkward

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Awkward? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

Awk-ward

Definitions of Awkward:

1.
Causing inconvenience
They arrived at an awkward time
2.
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
3.
Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
An awkward bundle to carry A load of bunglesome paraphernalia Clumsy wooden shoes The cello
4.
A rather ungainly instrument for a girl
5.
Not elegant or graceful in expression
An awkward prose style A clumsy apology His cumbersome writing style If the rumor is true
6.
Can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
7.
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
8.
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

Synonyms of Awkward:

adj inconvenient
adj awkward, gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy, graceless, ungraceful, labored, laboured, strained, wooden, maladroit, ugly
adj bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly, unwieldy, unmanageable
adj clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen, infelicitous
adj embarrassing, sticky, unenviable, difficult, hard
adjill at ease, uneasy, uncomfortable

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