Defenition of the word awkwardness

• Defenition of the word awkwardness

  • the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
  • the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
  • unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
  • trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape: "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"
  • the quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"
  • trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"
  • trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
  • the quality of an embarrassing situation

Synonyms for the word awkwardness

• • clumsiness
  • cumbersomeness
  • discomfiture
  • discomfort
  • embarrassment
  • gracelessness
  • inconvenience
  • inelegance
  • ineptitude
  • ineptness
  • maladroitness
  • nuisance value
  • slowness
  • stiffness
  • unease
  • uneasiness
  • unwieldiness

Similar words in the awkwardness

• • awkwardness
  • awkwardness's

Hyponyms for the word awkwardness

• • gaucherie
  • gawkiness
  • gracelessness
  • rusticity
  • rustiness
  • stiffness
  • ungainliness
  • ungracefulness
  • woodenness

Hypernyms for the word awkwardness

• • bearing
  • carriage
  • disadvantage
  • inconvenience
  • inelegance
  • posture
  • troublesomeness
  • unskillfulness
  • worriment

Antonyms for the word awkwardness

• • gracefulness

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