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