AWKWARDNESSES Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the word awkwardnesses. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for AWKWARDNESSES
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clumsiness | nounn | |||||||
noun • unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training • the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant • the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | ||||||||
ineptitude | nounn | |||||||
noun • unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training • having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful | ||||||||
ineptness | nounn | |||||||
noun • unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training • the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose | ||||||||
cumbersomeness | nounn | |||||||
noun • trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape | ||||||||
discomfiture | nounn | |||||||
noun • anxious embarrassment | ||||||||
gracelessness | nounn | |||||||
noun • an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression • the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | ||||||||
inelegance | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of lacking refinement and good taste | ||||||||
maladroitness | nounn | |||||||
noun • unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | ||||||||
slowness | nounn | |||||||
noun • unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training • a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry • lack of normal development of intellectual capacities | ||||||||
stiffness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend • the property of moving with pain or difficulty • firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action • the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) • excessive sternness | ||||||||
unwieldiness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being difficult to direct or control by reason of complexity • trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape | ||||||||
nuisance value | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of an embarrassing situation |