awkwardness

Meaning

  1. (uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
  2. (uncountable, usually) The quality of an embarrassing situation.

Synonyms

clumsiness
45k
gracelessness
ineptitude
unwieldiness
ineptness
unskillfulness
maladroitness
inelegance

nuisance value

stiffness
45k
ungainliness
cumbersomeness
discomfort
C2
embarrassment
C1
gaucherie
helplessness
23k
inaptitude
jerkiness
loutishness
muff
21k
rudeness
22k
slowness
unhandiness
snippiness
unskilfulness

inaptitudeness

sloughiness

woodenness
inconcinnity
coarseness
modesty
C2
abruptness
nervousness
28k
rigidity
48k
indexterity
shyness
22k
simplicity
C2

lack of skill

sluggishness
boorishness
stiltedness
torture
B2
abashment
disconcertion

want of skill

unpleasantness
27k
gawkiness
discomposure
heaviness
48k
bluffness
Translations

torpeza
maladresse
goffaggine
Peinlichkeit
sgraziataggine
gaucherie

αδεξιότητα

Ungeschicklichkeit

onhandigheid

verlegenheid
Unbeholfenheit
Unannehmlichkeit
embarras
inconveniencia
Frequency

30k
Etymology

From awkward + -ness.

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