awkwardness

Meanings

Plural: awkwardnesses

Noun

• unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
• the quality of an embarrassing situation
  • "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"
• the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
• the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
• trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
• The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
• The quality of an embarrassing situation.

Synonyms

clumsiness, clunkiness, cumbersomeness, discomfiture, gracelessness, inelegance, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, nuisance value, slowness, stiffness, unwieldiness

Antonyms

gracefulness

Related Words

awkwardly