English

Detailed Synonyms for awkwardness in English

awkwardness:

awkwardness [the ~] noun

  1. the awkwardness
    the awkwardness
  2. the awkwardness
    the embarrassment; the discomfiture; the awkwardness
  3. the awkwardness
    – trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape 1
    the awkwardness; the unwieldiness; the cumbersomeness
    – trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape 1
  4. the awkwardness
    – the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) 1
    the stiffness; the awkwardness; the clumsiness; the gracelessness
    – the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) 1
  5. the awkwardness
    – the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant 1
    the awkwardness; the clumsiness
    – the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant 1
  6. the awkwardness
    – the quality of an embarrassing situation 1
    the awkwardness; the nuisance value
    – the quality of an embarrassing situation 1
  7. the awkwardness
    – unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training 1
    the awkwardness; the ineptitude; the slowness; the clumsiness; the ineptness; the maladroitness
    – unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training 1

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Related Definitions for "awkwardness":

  1. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape1
  2. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)1
  3. the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant1
  4. the quality of an embarrassing situation1
    • he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal1
  5. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training1

awkwardness form of awkward:

awkward adj

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  12. awkward
    – socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner 1
    awkward; uneasy; ill at ease
    – socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner 1
    • awkward adj
      • awkward and reserved at parties1
    • uneasy adj
      • was always uneasy with strangers1
    • ill at ease adj
      • ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know1
  13. awkward
    – causing inconvenience 1
    awkward
    – causing inconvenience 1
    • awkward adj
      • they arrived at an awkward time1
  14. awkward
    – hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment 1
    awkward; embarrassing; sticky; unenviable
    – hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment 1
    • awkward adj
      • awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion1
      • an awkward pause followed his remark1
    • embarrassing adj
      • awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion1
    • sticky adj
      • a sticky question1
    • unenviable adj
      • in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign1
  15. awkward
    – not elegant or graceful in expression 1
    awkward; inept; clumsy; cumbersome; ill-chosen; inapt
    – not elegant or graceful in expression 1
    • awkward adj
      • an awkward prose style1
    • inept adj
      • if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?1
    • clumsy adj
      • a clumsy apology1
    • cumbersome adj
      • his cumbersome writing style1
    • inapt adj
  16. awkward
    – lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance 1
    awkward
    – lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance 1
    • awkward adj
      • an awkward dancer1
      • an awkward gesture1
      • too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes1
      • his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot1
  17. awkward
    – difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape 1
    awkward; clumsy; ungainly; bunglesome
    – difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape 1
    • awkward adj
      • an awkward bundle to carry1
    • clumsy adj
      • clumsy wooden shoes1
    • ungainly adj
      • the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl1
    • bunglesome adj
      • a load of bunglesome paraphernalia1

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Related Definitions for "awkward":

  1. socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner1
    • awkward and reserved at parties1
  2. causing inconvenience1
    • they arrived at an awkward time1
  3. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment1
    • awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion1
    • an awkward pause followed his remark1
  4. not elegant or graceful in expression1
    • an awkward prose style1
  5. lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance1
    • an awkward dancer1
    • an awkward gesture1
    • too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes1
    • his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot1
  6. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape1
    • an awkward bundle to carry1