awkwardness

• awkwardness

awkwardness

Noun

unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

Synonyms:

• awkwardness
• clumsiness
• ineptness
• ineptitude
• maladroitness
• slowness

Noun

the quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"

Synonyms:

• awkwardness
• nuisance value

Noun

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

Synonyms:

• awkwardness
• clumsiness

Noun

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

Synonyms:

• awkwardness
• clumsiness
• gracelessness
• stiffness

Noun

trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"

Synonyms:

• awkwardness
• cumbersomeness
• unwieldiness