AWKWARDNESS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
   Synonym(s)
   • cumbersomeness (what does cumbersomeness mean?)
   • unwieldiness (what does unwieldiness mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano
   Hypernyms(s) awkwardness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • troublesomeness (what does troublesomeness mean?)
   • inconvenience (what does inconvenience mean?)
   • worriment (what does worriment mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
   Synonym(s)
   • clumsiness (what does clumsiness mean?)
   • gracelessness (what does gracelessness mean?)
   • stiffness (what does stiffness mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) awkwardness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • inelegance (what does inelegance mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • rusticity (what does rusticity mean?)
   • gaucherie (what does gaucherie mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
   Synonym(s)
   • clumsiness (what does clumsiness mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) awkwardness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • carriage (what does carriage mean?)
   • bearing (what does bearing mean?)
   • posture (what does posture mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • gracefulness (what does gracefulness mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • gracelessness (what does gracelessness mean?)
   • ungracefulness (what does ungracefulness mean?)
   • gawkiness (what does gawkiness mean?)
   • ungainliness (what does ungainliness mean?)
   • stiffness (what does stiffness mean?)
4. Meaning
   • the quality of an embarrassing situation
   Synonym(s)
   • nuisance value (what does nuisance value mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal
   Hypernyms(s) awkwardness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • disadvantage (what does disadvantage mean?)
5. Meaning
   • unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
   Synonym(s)
   • clumsiness (what does clumsiness mean?)
   • ineptitude (what does ineptitude mean?)
   • ineptness (what does ineptness mean?)
   • maladroitness (what does maladroitness mean?)
   • slowness (what does slowness mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) awkwardness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • unskillfulness (what does unskillfulness mean?)