Awkward
Awkward adjective - Lacking social grace and assurance.
Isolated and awkward are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Isolated" instead an adjective "Awkward".
Nearby Words: awkwardness, awkwardly
Both words in one sentence
- Lemongrab. He's a science experiment gone wrong, and is socially awkward and isolated- and a huge jerk.
Source: Loners Are Freaks -
Reid has obviously spent a lot of his life in academia, and before that had a rather isolated childhood; as a result he's socially awkward.
Source: Series / Criminal Minds -
Twice Shy: Suiren and Kawasumi: her social skills are bad because she isolated herself to keep away anyone that wanted her only for her beauty, while he is very awkward around girls.
Source: Manga / Hibi Chouchou
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