different between creepy vs awkward

English

Etymology

creep +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?i?pi/

• (General American) enPR: kr??p?, IPA^(key): /?k?ipi/
• Rhymes: -i?pi
• Hyphenation: creep?y

Adjective

creepy (comparative creepier, superlative creepiest)

1. Moving by creeping along.
2. (informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
3. (informal) Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation; creeped out.
   • 1920, Algernon Blackwood, First Hate

     “I felt creepy and afraid,” continued the other, with conviction. “I had the sensation of being seen by someone—as if someone, I mean, was watching me. […]

4. (informal) Strangely repulsive.

   That creepy old man keeps leering at me!

Translations

See also

• creepy-crawly

Anagrams

• crepey, crêpey

English

Etymology

From awk (“odd, clumsy”) +? -ward.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???kw?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??kw?d/
• (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /??kw?d/
• Hyphenation: awk?ward

Adverb

awkward (comparative more awkward, superlative most awkward)

1. (obsolete) In a backwards direction.
   • :

     Than groned the knyght for his grymme woundis, and gyrdis to Sir Gawayne and awkewarde hym strykes, and […] kut thorow a vayne […].

Adjective

awkward (comparative awkwarder or more awkward, superlative awkwardest or most awkward)

1. Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.

   Synonyms: clumsy, lubberly, ungraceful, unhandy

   Antonyms: dexterous, gainly, graceful, handy, skillful

2. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.

3. Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction.

   Synonym: maladroit

   Antonyms: amiable, cool

4. Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

awkward (plural awkwards)

1. Someone or something that is awkward.