| awkward | 5. embarrassed, serba salah; (attrib) dlm keadaan serba salah: she felt ~ about asking him for the loan, dia berasa serba salah utk meminjam wang daripadanya; an ~ silence followed his outburst, mereka terdiam dlm keadaan serba salah setelah dia menghamburkan kata-kata itu; 6. requiring tact, delicate, sulit: an ~ diplomatic situation, keadaan diplomatik yg sulit; ~ customer, a. so. who is difficult to deal with, (orang yg) banyak kerenah; b. animal that is dangerous to deal with, binatang yg berbahaya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| awkward | adj 1. clumsy, ungainly, kekok, canggung; (of sentence) janggal: she appeared shy and ~, dia kelihatan malu dan kekok; she had an ~ style on the tennis court, gaya dia bermain tenis kekok sekali; he is ~ with children, dia kekok dgn kanak-kanak; an ~ sentence, ayat yg janggal; the ~ age, peringkat umur kekok; 2. difficult, susah, sukar: the tool is ~ to use, alat itu susah utk digunakan; 3. causing difficulty, pelik; (of time) tdk sesuai; (of circumstance) susahlah: the pitcher has an ~ handle, telinga jag itu pelik; an ~ corner, selekoh yg pelik; what an ~ position for a cupboard, pelik betul letak almari ini; two o’clock is ~ for me: can we meet at six instead?, pukul dua tdk sesuai bagi saya: boleh kita berjumpa pd pukul enam?; it is ~ that he is not able to play in tomorrow’s match, susahlah kita krn dia tdk dapat bermain dlm perlawanan yg akan diadakan besok; 4. embarrassing, tdk menyenangkan: an ~ moment, saat yg tdk menyenangkan; to ask ~ questions, mengemukakan soalan-soalan yg tdk menyenangkan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| cumbersome, cumbrous | adj 1. (large and bulky) besar dan memakan ruang; (large and awkward to carry) besar dan sukar dibawa; (large and awkward to wear) besar dan kekok utk dipakai: an old, ~ sofa, kerusi panjang lama yg besar dan memakan ruang; the parcel was ~, bungkusan itu besar dan sukar dibawa; ~ clothes, baju yg besar dan kekok utk dipakai; 2. slow, complex and inefficient, lembap, rumit dan tdk cekap: his application had first to go through the ~ administrative machinery, permohonannya mula-mula mesti melalui jentera pentadbiran yg lembap, rumit dan tdk cekap. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| gauche | adj awkward, tactless, canggung: his behaviour is rather ~, kelakuannya agak canggung; a ~ remark, kata-kata yg canggung. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sticky | 2. (colloq) awkward, difficult, sukar; (of question) sukar dijawab: their marriage has hit a ~ patch, perkahwinan mereka menghadapi detik-detik yg sukar; the journalists asked him a number of ~ questions concerning the government’s attitude to these refugees, para wartawan menanyainya beberapa soalan yg sukar dijawab ttg sikap kerajaan thdp orang pelarian itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| scrape | 4. colloq) awkward situation, menimbulkan masalah: he is always getting into ~s at school, dia selalu menimbulkan masalah di sekolah; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| clumsy | adj 1. awkward in movement and action, cemerkap; (of fingers) kekok: the ~ boy knocked the table over, budak yg cemerkap itu melanggar dan menterbalikkan meja; 2. awkwardly designed or constructed, gabas: a ~ piece of machinery, sebuah jentera yg gabas; ~ boots, kasut but yg gabas; 3. done or said without tact or care, (secara) ceroboh: his ~ attempts at making jokes, percubaannya yg ceroboh utk berjenaka; ~ forgery, pemalsuan yg ceroboh. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| self-conscious | adj 1. (colloq) uncomfortable, awkward, malu: I couldn’t possibly become an actress, I’m too ~, saya tak mungkin menjadi seorang seniwati, saya malu sangat; 2. aware of o’s existence etc, sedar kendiri. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| clumsiness | n 1. quality of being awkward in movement and action, kecemerkapan, cemerkap; 2. quality of being awkwardly designed or constructed, gabas: the ~ of the parcel made it difficult to carry, bungkusan yg gabas itu sukar dibawa; 3. quality of being done or said tactlessly or carelessly, ceroboh. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| bow1 | n bending of head, body, tundukan: his ~ was stiff and awkward, tundukannya kaku dan canggung; make a ~, tunduk; make o’s ~, muncul pertama kali: the young pianist made his ~ to a distinguished audience, pemain piano muda itu muncul pertama kali di depan para penonton terhormat; take a ~, tunduk menerima penghargaan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |