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awkwardness

/ awkwardness /

noun

noun Sense 1

trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape

"the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"

Type of:

troublesomeness inconvenience worriment

noun Sense 2

the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

Type of:

inelegance

Kinds of:

rusticity gaucherie

noun Sense 3

the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant

Opposites:

gracefulness

Type of:

carriage bearing posture

Kinds of:

gracelessness ungracefulness gawkiness ungainliness stiffness

noun Sense 4

the quality of an embarrassing situation

"he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"

Type of:

disadvantage

noun Sense 5

unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

Type of:

unskillfulness

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