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Awkward

/ˈɔːkwəd/
Feeling or creating a sense of discomfort or embarrassment due to clumsiness or lack of social grace

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A pause ensued, in which the schoolmaster looked very awkward.'It's infernally awkward."I'm afraid I'm too awkward, maybe.

Etymology:

etymology
from Middle English awkeward, possibly from Old Norse afugr, meaning turned backwards, combined with the English suffix -ward, indicating direction

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