Associations to the word «Awkwardness»
Noun
- Embarrassment
- Ridicule
- Kat
- Stiffness
- Discomfort
- Ease
- Modesty
- Levin
- Passageway
- Ignorance
- Familiarity
- Sincerity
- Acquaintance
- Uncertainty
- Constraint
- Complexion
- Situation
- Grace
- Refinement
- Inability
- Manner
- Consciousness
- Minimum
- Confusion
- Carriage
- Harriet
- Stranger
- Patience
- Trace
- Blend
- Feeling
- Tendency
- Spite
- Shame
- Felt
- Lack
- Joke
- Anxiety
- Escort
- Gesture
- Habit
- Limb
- Dress
- Courtesy
- Derek
- Moment
- Haste
- Conversation
- Jill
- Humor
- Silence
- Laugh
- Pol
- Encounter
- Pencil
Adjective
Wiktionary
AWKWARDNESS, noun. The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
AWKWARDNESS, noun. The quality of an embarrassing situation.
Dictionary definition
AWKWARDNESS, noun. Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.
AWKWARDNESS, noun. The quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal".
AWKWARDNESS, noun. The carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant.
AWKWARDNESS, noun. The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment).
AWKWARDNESS, noun. Trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.