Definition of
Awkwardness
- (noun, attribute) trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
- (noun, attribute) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- (noun, attribute) the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
- (noun, attribute) the quality of an embarrassing situation
- (noun, cognition) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
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Synonyms of Awkwardness
clumsiness, cumbersomeness, gracelessness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, nuisance value, slowness, stiffness, unwieldiness
Antonyms of Awkwardness
Alternate forms of Awkwardness
Derivations: awkward
Hyponyms: gaucherie, gawkiness, gracelessness, rusticity, rustiness, stiffness, ungainliness, ungracefulness, woodenness
Hypernyms: bearing, carriage, disadvantage, inconvenience, inelegance, posture, troublesomeness, unskillfulness, worriment
Origin of the word Awkwardness
- 1704, "lack of grace," from awkward + -ness. Meaning "physical clumsiness" is attested from c.1770; that of "social embarrassment" is from 1788. more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Awkwardness
accordance, according, acridness, asserting, assuredness
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