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1. (adj.) gawky
awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
Etymology: (1715–25)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy
lacking grace in movement or posture
"a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
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1. gawky
foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk
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Sense: (of a person) looking clumsy or awkward
She is tall and gawky.
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 Afrikaans: verleë, lomp |
 Arabic: أحْمَق، أخْرَق |
 Bulgarian: непохватен |
 Brazilian: desengonçado |
 Czech: nemotorný |
 German: unbeholfen |
 Danish: klodset; kejtet |
 Greek: ψηλός και άχαρος |
 Spanish: desgarbado |
 Estonian: kohmakas |
 Farsi: دست و پا چلفتی |
 Finnish: kömpelö |
 French: gauche |
 Hebrew: מְגוּשָׁם |
 Hindi: अजीब |
 Croatian: nespretan |
 Hungarian: esetlen |
 Indonesian: kikuk |
 Icelandic: slánalegur; kauðalegur |
 Italian: goffo |
 Japanese: ぶざまな |
 Korean: 서투른 |
 Lithuanian: kerėpliškas, gramozdiškas |
 Latvian: neveikls; lempīgs |
 Malay: kekok |
 Dutch: klungelig |
 Norwegian: ulenkelig, keitet |
 Polish: niezgrabny |
 Persian: دست و پا چلفتی |
 Pashto: بې ډوله، بې ډبه، شډل |
 Portuguese: desengonçado |
 Romanian: neîndemânatic |
 Russian: неуклюжий |
 Slovak: nemotorný |
 Slovenian: štorast |
 Serbian: trapav |
 Swedish: tafatt, klumpig |
 Thai: ซุ่มซ่าม |
 Turkish: hantal, sakar |
 Taiwanese: (因長手長腳而顯得)舉止笨拙的 |
 Ukrainian: незграбний |
 Urdu: بد وضع آدمی |
 Vietnamese: vụng về |
 Chinese: 笨拙的 |
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