akward

As a verb mortified is

(mortify).

Akward is likely misspelled.

Akward has no English definition.

As an adjective stiff

is of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.

As a noun stiff

is an average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff.

As a verb stiff

is to fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.