{
  "awk":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": awkward , clumsy":[],
      ": in the wrong way":[],
      ": perverse":[],
      ": turned or done the wrong way":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English awke":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184444",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "awkward":{
    "antonyms":[
      "graceful",
      "suave",
      "urbane"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": causing embarrassment":[
        "an awkward moment"
      ],
      ": lacking dexterity or skill (as in the use of hands)":[
        "I'm awkward with a needle and thread."
      ],
      ": lacking ease or grace (as of movement or expression)":[
        "awkward writing"
      ],
      ": lacking social grace and assurance":[
        "an awkward newcomer"
      ],
      ": lacking the right proportions, size, or harmony of parts : ungainly":[
        "an awkward design"
      ],
      ": not easy to handle or deal with : requiring great skill, ingenuity , or care":[
        "an awkward load",
        "an awkward diplomatic situation"
      ],
      ": perverse":[],
      ": showing the result of a lack of expertness":[
        "an awkward attempt",
        "awkward pictures"
      ],
      ": unfavorable , adverse":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I was electrified by what I learned in college. Still socially awkward , I had the bad habit of stopping strangers in the street to pour my heart out about the latest marvel I had learned. \u2014 Jaron Lanier , Curious Minds , (2004) 2005",
      "Greene must have known that such men would not spill the beans about his irregular life or ask awkward questions, though Burgess famously teased him for being \u2026 a poseur, and was banished. \u2014 Paul Theroux , New York Times Book Review , 17 Oct. 2004",
      "On the ground, vultures are hunched and awkward bundles of feathers, but in the air, where I watch them during much of the day, they are magnificent graceful soarers. \u2014 Words From the Land , Stephen Trimble, editor , 1988",
      "She is awkward at dancing.",
      "He had large feet and his walk was awkward and ungainly.",
      "The story contained some awkward writing.",
      "She is an awkward writer.",
      "The machine is very awkward to operate.",
      "I often find myself in awkward situations.",
      "He was put in the awkward position of having to write the memo.",
      "There was an awkward pause in the conversation.",
      "He feels awkward with strangers.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This area is hardest to clean, because reaching in is awkward , but a step stool can help. \u2014 Jeanne Huber, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "Revoking invitations can at the very least be awkward and, at most, be seen as a major faux pas. \u2014 Sarah Lyon, New York Times , 25 May 2022",
      "The result was more awkward than revelatory, and even some of the dancers seemed unsure about it at Tuesday\u2019s opening. \u2014 Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "The next batter, David Peralta, benefitted from an awkward and unsuccessful attempt at a sliding catch by Braves left fielder Marcell Ozuna. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 30 May 2022",
      "While the process may seem awkward and uncomfortable, a definitive response is expected even if the response says, no thank you. \u2014 Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
      "While the movie begins with Buckley\u2019s grieving Harper needled by men in ways that are less overtly hostile and invasive than awkward and unnerving, the regenerative cycles of abhorrent male behavior gradually are exposed with graphic bluntness. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 May 2022",
      "The Port of Oakland is siding with the A\u2019s over the shipping groups, arguing that the Howard Terminal site is an awkward and underused plot that now serves mostly to hold overflow containers. \u2014 Paul Berger, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "Young poured in a game-high 30 points to go with nine assists in 28 minutes, shaking off a sore groin from an awkward landing on a first-half drive. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 31 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1530, in the meaning defined at sense 5":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English awkeward in the wrong direction, from awke turned the wrong way, from Old Norse \u01ebfugr ; akin to Old High German abuh turned the wrong way":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u022f-kw\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for awkward awkward , clumsy , maladroit , inept , gauche mean not marked by ease (as of performance, movement, or social conduct). awkward is widely applicable and may suggest unhandiness, inconvenience, lack of muscular control, embarrassment, or lack of tact. periods of awkward silence clumsy implies stiffness and heaviness and so may connote inflexibility, unwieldiness, or lack of ordinary skill. a clumsy mechanic maladroit suggests a tendency to create awkward situations. a maladroit politician inept often implies complete failure or inadequacy. a hopelessly inept defense attorney gauche implies the effects of shyness, inexperience, or ill breeding. felt gauche and unsophisticated at formal parties",
    "synonyms":[
      "clumsy",
      "gauche",
      "graceless",
      "inelegant",
      "rough-hewn",
      "rustic",
      "rustical",
      "stiff",
      "stilted",
      "uncomfortable",
      "uneasy",
      "ungraceful",
      "wooden"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053820",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "awkward age":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the age of early adolescence usually characterized by awkwardness and shyness":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140142",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "awkwardness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "graceful",
      "suave",
      "urbane"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": causing embarrassment":[
        "an awkward moment"
      ],
      ": lacking dexterity or skill (as in the use of hands)":[
        "I'm awkward with a needle and thread."
      ],
      ": lacking ease or grace (as of movement or expression)":[
        "awkward writing"
      ],
      ": lacking social grace and assurance":[
        "an awkward newcomer"
      ],
      ": lacking the right proportions, size, or harmony of parts : ungainly":[
        "an awkward design"
      ],
      ": not easy to handle or deal with : requiring great skill, ingenuity , or care":[
        "an awkward load",
        "an awkward diplomatic situation"
      ],
      ": perverse":[],
      ": showing the result of a lack of expertness":[
        "an awkward attempt",
        "awkward pictures"
      ],
      ": unfavorable , adverse":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I was electrified by what I learned in college. Still socially awkward , I had the bad habit of stopping strangers in the street to pour my heart out about the latest marvel I had learned. \u2014 Jaron Lanier , Curious Minds , (2004) 2005",
      "Greene must have known that such men would not spill the beans about his irregular life or ask awkward questions, though Burgess famously teased him for being \u2026 a poseur, and was banished. \u2014 Paul Theroux , New York Times Book Review , 17 Oct. 2004",
      "On the ground, vultures are hunched and awkward bundles of feathers, but in the air, where I watch them during much of the day, they are magnificent graceful soarers. \u2014 Words From the Land , Stephen Trimble, editor , 1988",
      "She is awkward at dancing.",
      "He had large feet and his walk was awkward and ungainly.",
      "The story contained some awkward writing.",
      "She is an awkward writer.",
      "The machine is very awkward to operate.",
      "I often find myself in awkward situations.",
      "He was put in the awkward position of having to write the memo.",
      "There was an awkward pause in the conversation.",
      "He feels awkward with strangers.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This area is hardest to clean, because reaching in is awkward , but a step stool can help. \u2014 Jeanne Huber, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "Revoking invitations can at the very least be awkward and, at most, be seen as a major faux pas. \u2014 Sarah Lyon, New York Times , 25 May 2022",
      "The result was more awkward than revelatory, and even some of the dancers seemed unsure about it at Tuesday\u2019s opening. \u2014 Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "The next batter, David Peralta, benefitted from an awkward and unsuccessful attempt at a sliding catch by Braves left fielder Marcell Ozuna. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 30 May 2022",
      "While the process may seem awkward and uncomfortable, a definitive response is expected even if the response says, no thank you. \u2014 Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
      "While the movie begins with Buckley\u2019s grieving Harper needled by men in ways that are less overtly hostile and invasive than awkward and unnerving, the regenerative cycles of abhorrent male behavior gradually are exposed with graphic bluntness. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 May 2022",
      "The Port of Oakland is siding with the A\u2019s over the shipping groups, arguing that the Howard Terminal site is an awkward and underused plot that now serves mostly to hold overflow containers. \u2014 Paul Berger, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "Young poured in a game-high 30 points to go with nine assists in 28 minutes, shaking off a sore groin from an awkward landing on a first-half drive. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 31 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1530, in the meaning defined at sense 5":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English awkeward in the wrong direction, from awke turned the wrong way, from Old Norse \u01ebfugr ; akin to Old High German abuh turned the wrong way":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u022f-kw\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for awkward awkward , clumsy , maladroit , inept , gauche mean not marked by ease (as of performance, movement, or social conduct). awkward is widely applicable and may suggest unhandiness, inconvenience, lack of muscular control, embarrassment, or lack of tact. periods of awkward silence clumsy implies stiffness and heaviness and so may connote inflexibility, unwieldiness, or lack of ordinary skill. a clumsy mechanic maladroit suggests a tendency to create awkward situations. a maladroit politician inept often implies complete failure or inadequacy. a hopelessly inept defense attorney gauche implies the effects of shyness, inexperience, or ill breeding. felt gauche and unsophisticated at formal parties",
    "synonyms":[
      "clumsy",
      "gauche",
      "graceless",
      "inelegant",
      "rough-hewn",
      "rustic",
      "rustical",
      "stiff",
      "stilted",
      "uncomfortable",
      "uneasy",
      "ungraceful",
      "wooden"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204927",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}