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Synonyms for gawky in English

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gawky:
- clumsy; abstemious; unhandy; gawky; uneasy; doltish; wooden; owlish; stiff; not very good; poor; lanky; loutish; awkward; unwieldy; ungainly; clunky

English

Detailed Synonyms for gawky in English

gawky:

gawky adj

gawky
clumsy; abstemious; unhandy; gawky; uneasy; doltish; wooden; owlish; stiff; not very good; poor
- clumsy adj
- abstemious adj
- unhandy adj
- gawky adj
- uneasy adj
- doltish adj
- wooden adj
- owlish adj
- stiff adj
- not very good adj
- poor adj
gawky
lanky; gawky; loutish
- lanky adj
- gawky adj
- loutish adj
gawky
awkward; unhandy; clumsy; lanky; gawky; loutish; owlish; doltish
- awkward adj
- unhandy adj
- clumsy adj
- lanky adj
- gawky adj
- loutish adj
- owlish adj
- doltish adj
gawky

– lacking grace in movement or posture ¹
clumsy; unwieldy; gawky; ungainly; clunky
– lacking grace in movement or posture ¹
- clumsy adj
  - clumsy fingers¹
- unwieldy adj
  - heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair¹
- gawky adj
  - a gawky lad with long ungainly legs¹
- ungainly adj
  - a gawky lad with long ungainly legs¹
  - what an ungainly creature a giraffe is¹
- clunky adj

Related Words for "gawky":

gawkiness, gawkier, gawkiest

Alternate Synonyms for "gawky":

clumsy; clunky; ungainly; unwieldy; awkward

Related Definitions for "gawky":

lacking grace in movement or posture¹
- a gawky lad with long ungainly legs¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University