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awkwards

UK/ˈɔːkwədz/US/ˈɔkwɚdz/

awkwards is the plural of awkward.

Meaning of awkward

Noun

awkward (plural awkwards)

  1. Someone or something that is awkward.
    • Another important branch of deportment was to seat the awkwards stiffly on the extreme edge of a chair, fold the hands on the very precarious lap, droop the eyes in a pensive way.1912, Eliza Ripley, Social Life in Old New Orleans, Being Recollections of My Girlhood, New York, N.Y.; London: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC

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Adjective

awkwards (comparative more awkwards, superlative most awkwards)

  1. (rare) awkward, embarrassing, difficult.
    • This : " let her own works praise her in the gates" - / Where (being fifty three — these awkwards dates !)1877, Edward Williams Johns, The Silver Wedding: A Romaunt Du Moyen Âge, page 190
    • We had some awkwards bits to get over to-day. The path at best is a track not two feet wide on the mountain side, and there is no escape from the constantly recurring moraines, with their sharp deep sides eaten away by sub- niveal streams1930, Sir Reginald Rankin, A tour in the Himalayas and beyond, page 108

Forms of awkwards

comparativemore awkwards
superlativemost awkwards

Origin of awkwards

From awkward + -s. The adjective is formed on the analogy of adverbs and prepositions such as towards, forwards etc.

Questions about awkwards

What does awkwards mean?
Awkwards means awkward, embarrassing, difficult.
What is awkwards the plural of?
Awkwards is the plural of awkward.
What part of speech is awkwards?
Awkwards is an adjective.
How do you pronounce awkwards?
Awkwards is pronounced /ˈɔːkwədz/ (UK).

Words near awkwards in the dictionary

  1. awkwardity
  2. awkwardly
  3. awkwardness
  4. awkwardnesses
  5. awkwardnessful
  6. awkwards
  7. awkweird
  8. awky
  9. awl
  10. awl-flies
  11. awl-fly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: awkwards (page history and authors); awkward (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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