English noun: awkwardness |
1. | awkwardness (cognition) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training |
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| Synonyms | clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | unskillfulness |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | rustiness |
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2. | awkwardness (attribute) the quality of an embarrassing situation |
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| Samples | He sensed the awkwardness of his proposal.
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| Synonyms | nuisance value |
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| Broader (hypernym) | disadvantage |
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3. | awkwardness (attribute) the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant |
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| Synonyms | clumsiness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | bearing, carriage, posture |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | gawkiness, gracelessness, stiffness, ungainliness, ungracefulness |
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| Antonyms | gracefulness |
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4. | awkwardness (attribute) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) |
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| Synonyms | clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | inelegance |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | gaucherie, rusticity, woodenness |
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5. | awkwardness (attribute) trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape |
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| Samples | The movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano.
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| Synonyms | cumbersomeness, unwieldiness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | inconvenience, troublesomeness, worriment |
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