English to Frisian Meaning of gawky - gawky


Gawky :
gawky

roai, plomp, ûnhandich

gawkedgawkilygawkinggawksgawky
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Definitions of gawky in English
Adjective(1) lacking grace in movement or posture
Examples of gawky in English
(1) Chris was nearly eighteen and though he was tall, filled out with spiky black hair and handsome features, he still felt awkward, gawky , and ugly.(2) Filled with uncommon self-belief and undaunted by his tall and gawky appearance, he sought out the Royal Theatre and tried to get a break as an actor, a dancer or a playwright.(3) The problem lies with the girls he chooses, as he shows a distinct preference for beautiful, if slightly gawky , younger women who aren't terribly self-confident.(4) And as usual, I turned into a goofy, gawky , tongue-tied idiot.(5) She constantly insisted that her height and slender limbs made her gawky and awkward, and for lack of a mirror had never seen the large blue eyes that were so captivating.(6) I might be the gawky gap-toothed kid who's not cool like everyone else at school, but as long as I like myself I'll be fine.(7) I was a horribly gawky and nervous teenager and speech did not come smoothly out of my mouth.(8) Through binoculars they're visible at all points of the compass; gawky , fragile, birdlike skeletons of metal hauling skywards monstrous slabs of concrete and steel.(9) With all the excitable glee of a slightly gawky teenager, she waves the bouquet above her head, showing it off to the rest of us like a trophy, the years visibly slipping away.(10) As a gawky , squawky teenager with no friends, desperate to distance herself from her parents, she took a part-time job in a library and devoured books, and not just the dirty ones either.(11) A gawky chap with a ponytail, rarely ever seen in a suit, he wanted to be different from those tough guys at the big anonymous corporate conglomerations.(12) He's intelligent, but gawky and socially inept, unable to communicate with anyone other than his family.(13) He's fair-skinned and gawky while I'm bronzed and supremely athletic.(14) At that time I was a gawky 18-year-old, from a small town - unused to and unaware of the big sophisticated city.(15) I just wanted to be like everyone else: one of the short girls who was good at doing cartwheels, graceful and cute as a kitten as opposed to a huge gawky awkward giraffe such as myself.(16) Those who didn't know him mistook him for a gawky teenager, though in point of fact he was twenty-nine.
Related Phrases of gawky
(1) gawky ::
gawky
Synonyms
Adjective
1. awkward ::
ûnhandich
2. ungainly ::
ungainly
3. gangling ::
gangling
4. maladroit ::
maladroit
5. clumsy ::
ûnhandige
7. inelegant ::
inelegant
8. uncoordinated ::
uncoordinated
9. graceless ::
graceless
10. ungraceful ::
onelegante
11. unconfident ::
unconfident
12. unsophisticated ::
unsophisticated
Antonyms
1. graceful ::
grasjeus
Different Forms
gawked, gawkily, gawking, gawks, gawky
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