Definition for Awkwardness:

• the quality of an embarrassing situation; " he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"

Synonyms for Awkwardness:

• n.

  •
  • grace.
  •
  • convenience.
  •artlessness (noun)
  • inelegance,
  • uncoordination,
  • gawkiness,
  • crudeness,
  • Inelegances,
  • gracelessness.
  •awkwardness (noun)
  • nuisance value,
  • maladroitness,
  • slowness,
  • clumsiness,
  • stiffness.
  •clumsiness; inelegance (noun)
  • uncouthness,
  • greenness,
  • unskillfulness,
  • ignorance,
  • incompetence,
  • cloddishness,
  • inability,
  • amateurishness,
  • Inexpertness,
  • tactlessness,
  • rudeness,
  • oafishness,
  • coarseness,
  • boorishness,
  • artlessness.
  •cognition (noun)
  • awkwardness.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • quandary,
  • perilousness,
  • arduousness,
  • peril,
  • chanciness,
  • strenuousness,
  • laboriousness,
  • hazardousness,
  • risk,
  • unmanageability,
  • tribulation,
  • danger,
  • bulkiness,
  • painfulness.
  •disqualification (noun)
  • in-competencies,
  • dis-entitlement,
  • ineligibilities,
  • dis entitlement,
  • un-proficiencies,
  • dis-qualifications,
  • in-competency,
  • in eligibilities,
  • in competences,
  • debarments,
  • in competence,
  • in capacities,
  • dis qualifications,
  • in-eligibility,
  • in-capacity,
  • un-proficiency,
  • dis qualification,
  • un proficiencies,
  • incapacitations,
  • in-capacities,
  • in-competences,
  • disentitlements,
  • disenablements,
  • un fitnesses,
  • in-eligibilities,
  • dis-qualification,
  • unproficiencies,
  • in-capacitation,
  • in eligibility,
  • in competencies,
  • in competency,
  • in capacitations,
  • in-competence,
  • in capacitation,
  • un fitness,
  • un proficiency,
  • in capacity,
  • un-fitnesses,
  • dis entitlements,
  • dis-entitlements,
  • in-capacitations,
  • un-fitness.
  •embarrassment (noun)
  • discomfiture,
  • delicacy,
  • thorniness,
  • unpleasantness,
  • inopportuneness,
  • discomfort,
  • ticklishness,
  • trouble,
  • stickiness.
  •self-consciousness (noun)
  • uneasiness.
  •uneasiness (noun)
  • un comfortablenesses,
  • un comfortableness,
  • uncomfortablenesses,
  • un-easiness,
  • un easinesses,
  • un easiness,
  • un-easinesses,
  • un-comfortablenesses,
  • un-comfortableness.
  •unskillfulness (noun)
  • inaptitude,
  • crudity.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • constraint.
  •clumsiness
  • gaucherie.

Paraphrases for Awkwardness:

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    embarrassment, discomfort, annoyance, inconvenience.

Antonyms for Awkwardness:

• n.

  • clumsiness; inelegance
    grace, cleverness, politeness, handiness, straightforwardness, sophistication, skill, ease, artfulness, dexterity, easiness, elegance, convenience.
  • difficulty
    safety.
  • embarrassment
    peace, contentment, advantage.
  • Other antonyms:
    gracefulness.

Awkwardness Sentence Examples:

• Hannibal brought into the field 50, 000 men, and about 80 real elephants; but his soldiers were most of them raw, and liable to be roasted on the ground of extreme awkwardness.

• I waited at the window on purpose to give Babiole time to recover enough serenity to bridge over the awkwardness of the situation.

Homophones for Awkwardness:

• acridness, according, asserting, accordance, assuredness.

Hypernym for Awkwardness:

• n.

  • cognition
    Rustiness.

Hyponym for Awkwardness:

• n.

  • cognition
    unskillfulness.