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awkwardness

 
WordNet: awkwardness
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The noun has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
  Synonyms: clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness

Meaning #2: the quality of an embarrassing situation
  Synonyms: inconvenience, nuisance value

Meaning #3: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
  Synonym: clumsiness
  Antonym: gracefulness (meaning #1)

Meaning #4: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
  Synonyms: clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness

Meaning #5: trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
  Synonyms: cumbersomeness, unwieldiness


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