'Gawky' definitions:

Definition of 'gawky'

adjective

Lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair" [syn: gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy]

Definition of 'Gawky'

From: GCIDE

Gawky \Gawk"y\ (g[add]k"[y^]), a. [Compar. Gawkier (g[add]k"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Gawkiest.] Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'gawky'

From: Moby Thesaurus

all thumbs,
awkward,
blunderheaded,
blundering,
bony,
boorish,
bumbling,
bungling,
butterfingered,
careless,
clownish,
clumsy,
clumsy-fisted,
cumbersome,
fingers all thumbs,
flat,
flat-chested,
fleshless,
fumbling,
gangling,
gangly,
gauche,
gaunt,
gawkish,
graceless,
ham-fisted,
ham-handed,
heavy-handed,
hulking,
hulky,
inelegant,
lank,
lanky,
lean,
lean-fleshed,
lean-looking,
left-hand,
left-handed,
loutish,
lubberly,
lumbering,
lumpish,
maladroit,
meager,
oafish,
ponderous,
rawboned,
scraggy,
scrawny,
skeletal,
skinny,
sloppy,
spare,
spidery,
spindling,
spindly,
splay,
stiff,
thin-bellied,
thin-fleshed,
twiggy,
uncouth,
undersized,
underweight,
ungainly,
ungraceful,
unhandy,
unwieldy

Words containing 'Gawky'

gawkiness