Word: awkward
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: awk
ward
Definition: Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle.
Morphemes:
Affix: awk
Language: en
Meaning: odd, clumsy
Affix: -ward
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming adjectives, as in "a backward look; the northward road", etc; used even by speakers who usually use -wards for adverbs.