(of a situation) causing uneasy embarrassment; awkward or uncomfortable.
‘next Sunday's dinner is going to be a little awk’
‘I sent that text complaining about work to my boss instead of my boyfriend—awks’
‘the awks encounter with her ex’
‘The friend replied "What if he wants you, won't that get awk?"’
‘Either way, it's pretty awk.’
‘Okay, this is getting awk.’
‘Standing with the guys auditioning for the same part as you is so awk.’
‘We walked in and felt a little awk because we were just standing waiting for a hostess or anyone to seat us for a good few minutes.’
‘Let's just hope she'd got her refund processed before the interview went live, or it could be a bit awk in-store.’
‘The men singled Natalie out to sit and watch from the dance floor (slightly awks) as they broke out into the routine around her.’
‘Stiff upper-lipped Brits aren't keen on PDA at the best of times and it'll be super awks if you drool over your manager only to get dumped a few weeks later.’
‘This made things even more awks as he was in a full suit and bow-tie!’