English-Thai Dictionary

gawky

ADJ ซุ่มซ่าม  งุ่มง่าม  เก้งก้าง  ungainly gangly graceful sum-sam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GAWKY

a.Foolish; awkward; clumsy; clownish. [In this sense it is retained in vulgar use in America. ]

 

GAWKY

n.A stupid, ignorant, awkward fellow.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GAWKY

Gawk "y, a. [Compar. Gawkier; superl. Gawkiest.]

 

Defn: Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gawky

gawk y |ˈgôkē ˈɡɔki | ▶adjective ( gawkier, gawkiest ) nervously awkward and ungainly: a gawky teenager. DERIVATIVES gawk i ly |-kəlē |adverb, gawk i ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

gawky

gawky |ˈgɔːki | ▶adjective ( gawkier, gawkiest ) nervously awkward and ungainly: a gawky teenager. DERIVATIVES gawkily adverb, gawkiness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gawky

gawky adjective how can you convince a fourteen-year-old boy that he will not always be so gawky? awkward, ungainly, gangling, maladroit, clumsy, klutzy, inelegant, uncoordinated, graceless, ungraceful; unconfident, unsophisticated. ANTONYMS graceful.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gawky

gawky adjective she had been a thin, gawky adolescent: awkward, ungainly, inelegant, graceless, ungraceful, gauche, maladroit, inept, bumbling, blundering, lumbering; socially awkward, socially unsure, unpolished, unsophisticated, uncultured, uncultivated, unworldly; nervous, shy, bashful; Brit. nervy. ANTONYMS graceful; adroit.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gawky

gawk y /ɡɔ́ːki /形容詞 気の利かない ; 内気な ; 不器用な ; ぶざまな, 不格好な .g á wk i ly 副詞 g á wk i ness 名詞