Awkward
Awkward adjective - Lacking social grace and assurance.
Stupid and awkward are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stupid" instead an adjective "Awkward".
Nearby Words: awkwardness, awkwardly
Both words in one sentence
- The appeal (especially to grown-up viewers) probably comes from how he criticizes phenomena in everyday life that seem completely normal or even cool to most teenagers, but when you grow up, you realize how stupid or awkward they were.
Source: First-Person Smartass -
His teacher has a particular awkward moment where he repeatedly calls him too stupid to have passed a quiz without cheating.
Source: Dream-Crushing Handicap -
Springtime for Hitler: His run as "Mizdow" was meant purely as a stupid comedy turn- which made things a bit awkward when he somehow ended up more over than the actual Miz!
Source: Wrestling / Damien Sandow
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