gawky (redirected from gawkiest)

gawk·y  (gôk)

adj. gawk·i·er, gawk·i·est

Awkward; ungainly.

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gawki·ly adv.

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gawky [ˈgɔːkɪ], gawkish

adj gawkier, gawkiest

1. clumsy or ungainly; awkward

2. West Yorkshire dialect left-handed

gawkily , gawkishly adv

gawkiness , gawkishness n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

gawky - 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" clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy awkward - lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"

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gawky

adjective awkward, clumsy, lumbering, ungainly, gauche, uncouth, loutish, graceless, clownish, oafish, maladroit, lumpish, ungraceful a gawky lad with spots
elegant, graceful, self-assured, well-coordinated

Translations

gawky [ˈgɔːkɪ] ADJ (gawkier (compar) (gawkiest (superl))) → desgarbado, torpe

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gawky [ˈgɔːki] adj → dégingandé(e)

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gawky

adj (+er) person, movement → schlaksig, staksig (inf), → linkisch; animal → unbeholfen, staksig (inf); appearance → unbeholfen

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gawky [ˈgɔːkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → goffo/a, sgraziato/a

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gawky [ˈgɔːkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → goffo/a, sgraziato/a

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gawky

adj gawky [ˈgoːki]

(of a person) looking clumsy or awkward She is tall and gawky. verleë, lomp أحْمَق، أخْرَق непохватен nemotorný klodset; kejtet unbeholfen ψηλός και άχαρος desgarbado kohmakas دست و پا چلفتی kömpelö gauche מְגוּשָׁם अजीब nespretan esetlen kikuk slánalegur; kauðalegur goffo ぶざまな 서투른 kerėpliškas, gramozdiškas neveikls; lempīgs kekok klungelig ulenkelig, keitet niezgrabny desengonçado neîndemânatic неуклюжий nemotorný štorast trapav tafatt, klumpig ซุ่มซ่าม hantal, sakar (因長手長腳而顯得)舉止笨拙的 незграбний بد وضع آدمی vụng về 笨拙的