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
adj	ill at ease, uneasy, uncomfortable

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.