Synonyms for awkwardness

Synonyms for (noun) awkwardness

Synonyms: unwieldiness, awkwardness, cumbersomeness

Definition: trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape

Usage: the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano

Similar words: troublesomeness, inconvenience, worriment

Definition: a difficulty that causes anxiety


Synonyms: gracelessness, clumsiness, stiffness, awkwardness

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

Similar words: inelegance

Definition: the quality of lacking refinement and good taste


Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness

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

Similar words: bearing, carriage, posture

Definition: characteristic way of bearing one's body

Usage: stood with good posture


Synonyms: awkwardness, nuisance value

Definition: the quality of an embarrassing situation

Usage: he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal

Similar words: disadvantage

Definition: the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position


Synonyms: ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, awkwardness, clumsiness, slowness

Definition: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

Similar words: unskillfulness

Definition: a lack of cognitive skill


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