gawky
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6.5
- adjective
- /ˈɡɔːki/
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- Jesse and Frank enter, surprised to find Cole, Bob, Comanche Tom, and a gawky 15-year-old Jim Younger all eating at their kitchen table.
- gawky teenager
- gawky girl
- gawky boy
Examples
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Opal's group was a bristle of gawky arms and legs struggling to form a straight line.
Fiction book (1998) -
Her gawky posture made it difficult for her to dance gracefully at the party.
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You know that gawky girl I was out with last night?
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I see him as tall and thin, maybe a little gawky.
Fiction book (1993) -
She's too young, too gawky.
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Now, I'm sure many of you are wondering, who even is this tall, gawky nerd on the stage right now?
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I mean, gawky and insecure and clumsy.
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A gawky teenager with braces on her teeth and a chip on her shoulder.
Fiction book (1998) -
Stephanie, gawky and disheveled, is easily the best writer in the class.
Fiction book (1997) -
I'd only seen her once before, and she struck me as taller than I'd remembered and as gawky as Claude.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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1.2
Moving in an awkward, unsteady way that causes accidents
33
3.0
Not graceful in movement or action
16
5.5
Something awkward and heavy in movement or design that is hard to use
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7.3
Moving or looking awkward and clumsy
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4.6
Awkward and clumsy in movement or social behavior
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7.5
Moving awkwardly and often causing small accidents or embarrassment
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8.6
Uncomfortable in social situations and likely to say the wrong thing
1
4.9
Showing awkward, not smooth movement or shape
1
8.9
Silly and awkward in a clumsy, funny way
Very awkward in social situations that make people uncomfortable
Antonyms
How Awkward
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gawky comes from the older word gawk, which meant 'to stare' and later 'a clumsy person'. So calling someone gawky is like calling them a 'gawk' — they move or stand in an awkward, clumsy way.