AWKWARD SILENCE

Meaning of AWKWARD SILENCE in English

period of silence in which no one speaks and everyone feels uncomfortable

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SILENCE — I. ˈsīlən(t)s noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin silentium, from silent-, silens silent 1. …
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
SILENCE — (interj.) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
Английский словарь Webster
AWKWARD — (a.) Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, …
Английский словарь Webster
SILENCE — ( interj. ) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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
SILENCE — /suy"leuhns/ , n. , v. , silenced, silencing , interj. n. 1. absence of any sound or noise; stillness. 2. …
Random House Webster's 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
SILENCE — I. ˈsī-lən(t)s noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin silentium, from silent-, silens Date: 13th century 1. : forbearance …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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
SILENCE — noun absence of mention; oblivion. 2. silence ·vt to put to rest; to quiet. 3. silence ·noun secrecy; as, these …
Webster English vocab
AWKWARD — adj perverse; adverse; untoward. 2. awkward ·adj not easily managed or effected; embarrassing. 3. awkward ·adj wanting dexterity in the …
Webster English vocab
SILENCE — [si.lence] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L silentium, fr. silent-, silens] (13c) 1: forbearance from speech or noise: muteness--often used …
Merriam-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
SILENCE — / ˈsaɪləns; NAmE / noun , verb , exclamation ■ noun 1. [ U ] a complete lack of noise …
Oxford Advanced Learner's 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
SILENCE — I. si ‧ lence 1 W2 /ˈsaɪləns/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ silence , ↑ silencer …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AWKWARD — awk ‧ ward S3 /ˈɔːkwəd $ ˈɒːkwərd/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: awk 'turned the wrong way' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SILENCE — n. & v. --n. 1 absence of sound. 2 abstinence from speech or noise. 3 the avoidance of mentioning a …
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). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SILENCE — n. & v. n. 1 absence of sound. 2 abstinence from speech or noise. 3 the avoidance of mentioning a …
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). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SILENCE — n. & v. --n. 1. absence of sound. 2 abstinence from speech or noise. 3 the avoidance of mentioning a …
Oxford English vocab
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
SILENCE — ( silences, silencing, silenced) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If there …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SILENCE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brief silence ▪ After a brief silence, she made another suggestion. a deathly …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
SILENCE — (NO SPEAKING) [noun] [U] - a state of not speaking or writing or making a noiseHer silence on/about what had …
Cambridge English vocab
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
SILENCE — Synonyms and related words : answer, answer conclusively, argue down, asphyxiate, ataraxia, ataraxy, blow to pieces, blow up, blunt, bottle …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SILENCE — To silence a man; to knock him down, or stun him. Silence in the court, the cat is pissing; a …
Slang English vocab
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
SILENCE — I. noun 1. absence of sound or noise the heavy silence of the night Synonyms: noiselessness, quiet, quietness, quietude, soundlessness, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
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
SILENCE — I. noun 1 quietness ADJECTIVE ▪ lengthy , long , prolonged ▪ brief , momentary , a moment's , short …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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
SILENCE — n. 25B6; noun the silence of the night : QUIETNESS, quiet, quietude, still, stillness, hush, tranquillity, noiselessness, soundlessness, peacefulness, peace …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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
SILENCE — n. 1 quiet, quietness, stillness, soundlessness, noiselessness, calm, calmness, hush, quietude, tranquillity, peace, peacefulness, serenity The silence was so complete …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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
SILENCE — 1. сущ. 1) молчание; безмолвие, тишина in silence ≈ в тишине to impose, put to silence ≈ заставить замолчать awkward …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AWKWARD — прил. 1) неуклюжий, неловкий (о людях, движениях и т. п.) an awkward gait ≈ неуклюжая походка awkward age Syn : …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SILENCE — silence.ogg 1. ʹsaıləns n 1. тишина dead complete silence - мёртвая полная тишина to break /to destroy/ the silence - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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
SILENCE — 1) молчание 2) пауза 3) тишина • - cone of silence - silence exhaust - silence in operation - silence suppresion
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
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
SILENCE — 1. ʹsaıləns n 1. тишина dead complete silence - мёртвая полная тишина to break /to destroy/ the silence - нарушить …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SILENCE — 1. сущ. 1) а) тишина, безмолвие deep silence — глубокая тишина strained silence — напряженная тишина stunned silence — оглушительная …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
AWKWARD — прил. 1) неуклюжий, неловкий ( о людях, движениях и т. п. ) an awkward gait — неуклюжая походка - awkward …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SILENCE — 1. сущ. 1) а) тишина, безмолвие deep silence — глубокая тишина strained silence — напряженная тишина stunned silence — оглушительная тишина the silence of the desert …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
AWKWARD — прил. 1) неуклюжий, неловкий (о людях, движениях и т. п.) an awkward gait — неуклюжая походка - awkward age Syn: clumsy 2) неудобный; затруднительный, неловкий an awkward …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SILENCE — 1. _n. 1> молчание; безмолвие, тишина; to break (to keep) silence - нарушать (хранить) молчание; to put to silence - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
AWKWARD — _a. 1> неуклюжий, неловкий (о людях, движениях и т. п.); an awkward gait - неуклюжая походка - awkward age 2> …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SILENCE — 1. n. 1. молчание; безмолвие, тишина; to break (to keep) silence - нарушать (хранить) молчание; to put to silence - …
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AWKWARD — a. 1. неуклюжий, неловкий (о людях, движениях и т. п.); an awkward gait - неуклюжая походка - awkward age 2. …
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SILENCE — 1. _n. 1> молчание; безмолвие, тишина; to break (to keep) silence нарушать (хранить) молчание; to put to silence заставить замолчать …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
AWKWARD — _a. 1> неуклюжий, неловкий (о людях, движениях и т.п.); an awkward gait неуклюжая походка; awkward age переходный возраст 2> неудобный; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SILENCE — 1. сущ. 1) молчание; безмолвие, тишина in silence ≈ в тишине to impose, put to silence ≈ заставить замолчать awkward …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
AWKWARD — прил. 1) неуклюжий, неловкий (о людях, движениях и т. п.) an awkward gait ≈ неуклюжая походка awkward age Syn : …
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