AWKWARD AGE

Meaning of AWKWARD AGE in English

n. Adolescence; awkwardness during adolescence. Sue used to be an "ugly duckling" when she was at the awkward age, but today she is a glamorous fashion model.

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AWKWARD AGE — noun : the age of early adolescence usually characterized by awkwardness and shyness
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AWKWARD AGE — early adolescence. [ 1890-95 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AWKWARD AGE — awkward stage, difficult age (i.e. adolescence)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
AWKWARD AGE — {n.} Adolescence; awkwardness during adolescence. * /Sue used to be an "ugly duckling" when she was at the awkward age, …
Slang English vocab
AWKWARD AGE — {n.} Adolescence; awkwardness during adolescence. * /Sue used to be an "ugly duckling" when she was at the awkward age, …
Словарь английских идиом
AWKWARD AGE — переходный возраст отрочество, переходный возраст
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AWKWARD AGE — отрочество, переходный возраст
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AWKWARD AGE — переходный возраст
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
AWKWARD AGE — отрочество, переходный возраст
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AWKWARD AGE — отрочество, переходный возраст
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AWKWARD AGE — переходный возраст
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AWKWARD AGE — переходный возраст
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AWKWARD AGE — переходный возраст
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
AWKWARD AGE — переходный возраст
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
AWKWARD AGE — переходный возраст
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AWKWARD AGE — переходный возраст
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AWKWARD AGE — переходный возраст
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
AWKWARD AGE — отрочество; переходный возраст.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
AWKWARD AGE — переходный возраст отрочество, переходный возраст
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AGE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) age set Augustan Age Bronze Age Copper Age Hellenistic Age ice age Iron Age …
Английский словарь Британика
AGE — I. ˈāj noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French aage, eage, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin aetaticum, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AWKWARD — ˈȯwə(r)d adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English awkeward in the wrong direction, upside down, from awke turned the wrong …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-AGE — ij, ēj also əj noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -aticum 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AWKWARD — (a.) Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, …
Английский словарь Webster
AWKWARD — ( a. ) Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AWKWARD — — awkwardly , adv. — awkwardness , n. /awk"weuhrd/ , adj. 1. lacking skill or dexterity; clumsy. 2. lacking grace …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AGE — /ayj/ , n. , v. , aged, aging or ageing . n. 1. the length of time during which a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AWKWARD — adjective Etymology: Middle English awkeward in the wrong direction, from awke turned the wrong way, from Old Norse ǫfugr; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AWKWARD — adj perverse; adverse; untoward. 2. awkward ·adj not easily managed or effected; embarrassing. 3. awkward ·adj wanting dexterity in the …
Webster English vocab
AGE — noun a long time. 2. age ·noun a century; the period of one hundred years. 3. age ·noun a great …
Webster English vocab
AWKWARD — [awk.ward] adj [ME awkeward in the wrong direction, fr. awke turned the wrong way, fr. ON ofugr; akin to OHG …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AWKWARD — awkward BrE AmE ˈɔːk wəd AmE \ -w ə rd ˈɑːk- ▷ awkward|ly li ▷ awkward|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
AWKWARD — / ˈɔːkwəd; NAmE -wərd/ adjective 1. making you feel embarrassed : There was an awkward silence. 2. difficult to deal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGE — / eɪdʒ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] the number of years that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AWKWARD — awk ‧ ward S3 /ˈɔːkwəd $ ˈɒːkwərd/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: awk 'turned the wrong way' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AWKWARD — adj. 1 ill-adapted for use; causing difficulty in use. 2 clumsy or bungling. 3 a embarrassed (felt awkward about it). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AGE — n. & v. --n. 1 a the length of time that a person or thing has existed or is likely …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AWKWARD — adj. 1 ill-adapted for use; causing difficulty in use. 2 clumsy or bungling. 3 a embarrassed (felt awkward about it). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AGE — n. & v. n. 1 a the length of time that a person or thing has existed or is likely …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AWKWARD — adj.1 ill-adapted for use; causing difficulty in use. 2 clumsy or bungling. 3 a embarrassed (felt awkward about it). b …
Oxford English vocab
AGE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the length of time that a person or thing has existed or is likely …
Oxford English vocab
AWKWARD
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGE — ( ages, ageing, aging, aged) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AWKWARD — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a difficult/an awkward stage ▪ He was 13 and going through that awkward stage. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AGE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AWKWARD — (ANXIOUS) [adjective] - causing inconvenience, anxiety or embarrassmentan awkward position/situationHer controversial comment was followed by an awkward silence.They'd chosen an …
Cambridge English vocab
AGE — n. age set Augustan Age Bronze Age Copper Age Hellenistic Age ice age glacial age Iron Age Jacobean age Middle …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
AWKWARD — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: CLUMSY 1, gawky, lumbering, lumpish, splathering, splay, ungainly Related Words: blundering, bumbling, bungling; clownish, lubberly, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AWKWARD — adjective 1. Synonyms: clumsy 1, gawky, lumbering, lumpish, splathering, splay, ungainly Related Word: blundering, bumbling, bungling; clownish, lubberly, oafish; cumbrous, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
AWKWARD — adj. 1 difficult VERBS ▪ be , look , seem ▪ make sth ADVERB ▪ extremely , fairly , very …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
AWKWARD — See ↑ CLUMSY 2, ↑ DIFFICULT 5,7, ↑ EMBARRASSED/EMBARRASSING 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ difficult/awkward
Longman Activator English vocab
AGE — INDEX: 1. how long someone has lived or something has existed 2. ways of saying how old someone is 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
AWKWARD — adj. 25B6; adjective the box was awkward to carry : DIFFICULT, tricky; cumbersome, lumbersome, unwieldy; Brit. informal fiddly. an awkward …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AWKWARD — adj. 1 clumsy, ungainly, left-handed, ham-handed, ham-fisted, blundering, bungling, maladroit, uncoordinated, undexterous, inexpert, gauche, unhandy, inept, oafish, unskilled, unskilful, Colloq …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AGE — noun 1 BAD : I'm at the age of 22. GOOD : I'm 22 (years old). ◆◆◆ be + NUMBER …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
AWKWARD — прил. 1) неуклюжий, неловкий (о людях, движениях и т. п.) an awkward gait ≈ неуклюжая походка awkward age Syn : …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AGE — 1. сущ. 1) возраст to live to (reach) an age ≈ дожить до определенного возраста people of all ages ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AWKWARD — awkward.ogg ˈɔ:kwəd _a. 1> неуклюжий, неловкий (о людях, движениях и т.п.); an awkward gait неуклюжая походка; awkward age переходный возраст …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AGE — age.ogg 1. eıdʒ n 1. 1> возраст middle age - средний возраст a man of middle age - человек средних …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AWKWARD — awkward прил.1) неуклюжий, неловкий (о людях, движениях и т. п.) an awkward gait — неуклюжая походка - awkward age Syn:clumsy …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
AGE — age сущ.1) возраст to live to (reach) an age — дожить до определенного возраста people of all ages — люди …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
AGE — 1. eıdʒ n 1. 1> возраст middle age - средний возраст a man of middle age - человек средних лет …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AWKWARD — прил. 1) неуклюжий, неловкий ( о людях, движениях и т. п. ) an awkward gait — неуклюжая походка - awkward …
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