awkwardness

English

Alternative forms

• aukwardness (obsolete)

Etymology

awkward +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

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Noun

awkwardness (usually uncountable, plural awkwardnesses)

1. The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
2. The quality of an embarrassing situation.

Synonyms

• clunkiness
• clumsiness
• discomfiture
• ineptness, ineptitude
• inelegance

Related terms

• awkwardly

Translations

the state or quality of being awkward

• Bulgarian: несръчност (bg) (nesrǎčnost), непохватност (bg) (nepohvatnost)
• Dutch: onbeholpenheid (nl) f, onhandigheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: malgracieco
• French: maladresse (fr) f
• German: Unbeholfenheit (de) f, Umständlichkeit f, Ungeschicklichkeit (de) f, Plumpheit (de) f
• Irish: liopastacht f, amlógacht f, amlóireacht f, ainnise (ga) f
• Spanish: torpeza (es)
• Tagalog: tungal, pagkatungal, katungalan

the quality of an embarrassing situation

• German: Peinlichkeit (de) f
• Portuguese: constrangimento (pt) m