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Significats de awkward en anglès

Not elegant or graceful in expression.

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Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment.

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Socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner.

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Lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance.

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Examples for "bumbling"
Examples for "bumbling"
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In fact, in my own bumbling way, I had similar notions once.
The Gods Themselves
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She was the petrified and bumbling victim; I was the ruthless pursuer.
Brains: a zombie memoir
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You two will just have to manage it by bumbling and sneaking.
Surrender to the will of the night
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The waddling and bumbling Little Tramp character propelled Chaplin to global fame.
Reuters
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Do you disdain these low-angle inclines as the playground of bumbling neophytes?
Climbing Magazine
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Such unbridled ambition may seem gauche, but Portadown know what they want.
The Irish Times
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Initially gauche, she has improved with this latest run of six shows.
The Guardian
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With his free hand Temper drew his gauche and thrust at her.
Night of Knives
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There is some prospect that the opposition will be gauche by comparison.
The Guardian
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Ah well, each to his own: one man's gorgeous is another's gauche.
The Guardian
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The results are unwieldy, cackhanded contraptions and often make Heath Robinson's designs look like cycling's answer to Ernesto Colnago.
The Guardian
2
I noticed mother glance at me from time to time as I sighed and fidgeted and tried to hide my cackhanded work.
Caleb's crossing
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These combined odours somewhat dispersed Dan's gloom when he came back in squeaky Sunday shoes and a bunglesome cut-away coat.
One of Ours
Ús de awkward en anglès
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This takes us back to the awkward problem of money and priorities.
The Guardian
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Which is a relatively friendly and diplomatic solution to an awkward situation.
Medium raw: a bloody valentine to the world of food and the peop...
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Today was the first time he'd seen her since that awkward introduction.
Agent 6
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The Director said to smooth awkward situation he would just stand around.
The new yorker
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The routes are awkward; the companies involved do not coordinate their efforts.
The Guardian
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She'd shoved the paper into his hand and said an awkward goodbye.
Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World & Other Stories
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It has the right amount of web-slinging action and awkward teen situations.
News.com.au
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And not least for Ireland where treaty change has been, well, awkward.
The Irish Times
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He saw no reason to run the risk of an awkward surprise.
Blind Man's Alley
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It's very awkward for those parents who have children in different schools.
The Irish Times
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But this is a player making the best of an awkward situation.
The Guardian
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We can only imagine how awkward their family get-togethers are these days.
The South African
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The show of independence among state-owned banks comes at an awkward time.
Reuters
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For the Government, all of this could present some awkward policy options.
The Irish Times
15
This dynamic puts America's serving senior officers in a sometimes awkward situation.
Reuters
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So at this point, it's safe to say things are pretty awkward.
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