awkwardness
Collocations
4ADJ.
social, uncanny
VERB + AWKWARDNESS
feeling, reproached, sensed, suffered
AWKWARDNESS + NOUN
rima, room, timidity
PREP.
from, in
Definitions
noun
The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
[…] instead of the joyous voices of his playfellows he hears the rough commands of an unindulgent master or a scolding mistress; — he is continually reproached for his awkwardness and timidity, and reminded of his pauper origin.
The quality of an embarrassing situation.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
- cumbersomeness
- unwieldiness
noun — the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarra
- clumsiness
- gracelessness
- stiffness
noun — the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are unga
- clumsiness
noun — unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- clumsiness
- ineptness
- ineptitude
- maladroitness
- slowness
Antonyms
- gracefulness
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6[…] instead of the joyous voices of his playfellows he hears the rough commands of an unindulgent master or a scolding mistress; — he is continually reproached for his awkwardness and timidity, and re
WiktionaryHer awkwardness was uncanny.
Tatoeba · #689731I sensed the awkwardness in the room.
Tatoeba · #689738The feeling of awkwardness did not leave me.
Tatoeba · #7877529Ziri's awkwardness made Rima laugh.
Tatoeba · #10774118Matthew suffered from social awkwardness.
Tatoeba · #11587156