different between awkward vs unenviable
awkward
English
Etymology
From awk (“odd, clumsy”) +? -ward.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???kw?d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??kw?d/
- (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /??kw?d/
- Hyphenation: awk?ward
Adverb
awkward (comparative more awkward, superlative most awkward)
- (obsolete) In a backwards direction.
- :
- Than groned the knyght for his grymme woundis, and gyrdis to Sir Gawayne and awkewarde hym strykes, and […] kut thorow a vayne […].
- :
Adjective
awkward (comparative awkwarder or more awkward, superlative awkwardest or most awkward)
- Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.
- Synonyms: clumsy, lubberly, ungraceful, unhandy
- Antonyms: dexterous, gainly, graceful, handy, skillful
- Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
- Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction.
- Synonym: maladroit
- Antonyms: amiable, cool
- Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
awkward (plural awkwards)
- Someone or something that is awkward.
awkward From the web:
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unenviable
English
Etymology
un- +? enviable
Adjective
unenviable (comparative more unenviable, superlative most unenviable)
- Difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant; not to be envied.
Antonyms
- enviable
Derived terms
- unenviability
- unenviableness
- unenviably
Translations
unenviable From the web:
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- what does unenviable mean
- what does unenviable
- what does enviable
- what does unenviable position mean
- what is unenviable definition
- what is unenviable position
- what is inevitable
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