Synonyms for awkwardness
awk·ward·ness

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1. awkwardnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   clumsiness, ineptness, clunkiness, inelegance, ineptitude

2. awkwardnessnoun

   The state or quality of being awkward

   Synonyms:
   ineptness, inelegance, ineptitude, clumsiness, clunkiness

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1. awkwardnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   boorishness, clownishness, clumsiness, fatuity, folly, ill manners, ill-breeding, rudeness, stupidity, unmannerliness, unwisdom

   Antonyms:
   address, address, adroitness, courtesy, dexterity, discretion, ingenuity, manners, politeness, readiness, tact

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1. awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slownessnoun

   unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

   Synonyms:
   subnormality, maladroitness, deliberation, unsuitableness, backwardness, slowness, unsuitability, cumbersomeness, nuisance value, ineptness, stiffness, retardation, mental retardation, clumsiness, gracelessness, unhurriedness, deliberateness, worthlessness, unwieldiness, ineptitude

   Antonyms:
   gracefulness

2. awkwardness, nuisance valuenoun

   the quality of an embarrassing situation

   "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"

   Synonyms:
   ineptitude, slowness, ineptness, clumsiness, cumbersomeness, maladroitness, gracelessness, nuisance value, stiffness, unwieldiness

   Antonyms:
   gracefulness

3. awkwardness, clumsinessnoun

   the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant

   Synonyms:
   ineptitude, slowness, ineptness, clumsiness, cumbersomeness, maladroitness, gracelessness, nuisance value, stiffness, unwieldiness

   Antonyms:
   gracefulness

4. awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffnessnoun

   the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

   Synonyms:
   hardness, maladroitness, severeness, rigor, slowness, cumbersomeness, nuisance value, ineptness, stiffness, rigour, harshness, inclemency, clumsiness, gracelessness, ungracefulness, rigorousness, severity, rigourousness, unwieldiness, ineptitude

   Antonyms:
   gracefulness

5. awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldinessnoun

   trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape

   "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"

   Synonyms:
   ineptitude, slowness, ineptness, clumsiness, cumbersomeness, maladroitness, gracelessness, nuisance value, stiffness, unwieldiness

   Antonyms:
   gracefulness

Matched Categories

1. • Carriage
   • Inelegance
   • Troublesomeness

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1. List of paraphrases for "awkwardness":

   embarrassment

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How to use awkwardness in a sentence?

1. Helen Keller:

   Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the sense shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.

2. Johnathan Handel:

   If there is a strike what viewers would see is a ripple effect, the late night shows which are scripted on a day-to-day basis…would immediately go to an improv kind of a situation and a sort of an awkwardness. Then, you’re talking about the weekly showsSaturday NightLive, for example, which could go dark or into re-runs.

3. Emily McDowell:

   We just don't know what to say as a culture. It's not something we are taught, people You are terrified of saying the wrong thing or making it worse or feeling awkward, and awkwardness is scary for People You. I wanted to make a book that was attractive to people who would be scared off by a self-help book.

4. Shahar Hameiri:

   There's not going to be any full-throated embrace of Russia( at The BRICS summit), there's no doubt about it, and I'm sure there's gon na be plenty of awkwardness there... but behind the awkwardness( de-dollarization) is one area where these governments do have a shared interest, any kind of meaningful steps away from( a US dollar-denominated system) are potentially significant.

5. Kelsey Crowe:

   I wanted the tone of this book to be super friendly and relatable and even light so People You aren't turned off by it because it's such a heavy topic, encountering Emily's work, it seemed like such a good pairing of mindsets about how to make People You feel comfortable with the awkwardness of this situation, which is being there in times of suffering.