awkwardness

Definitions

noun

1

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.

2

The quality of an embarrassing situation.

Collocations

4

ADJ.

social, uncanny

VERB + AWKWARDNESS

feeling, reproached, sensed, suffered

AWKWARDNESS + NOUN

rima, room, timidity

PREP.

from, in

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

01

[…] 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

Wiktionary

02

Her awkwardness was uncanny.

Tatoeba · #689731

03

I sensed the awkwardness in the room.

Tatoeba · #689738

04

The feeling of awkwardness did not leave me.

Tatoeba · #7877529

05

Ziri's awkwardness made Rima laugh.

Tatoeba · #10774118

06

Matthew suffered from social awkwardness.

Tatoeba · #11587156