Definition of awkwardness Awkwardness

/ɔˈkwɚdnʌs/ - [okwerdnus] - awk•ward•ness

We found 7 definitions of awkwardness from 3 different sources.

What does awkwardness mean?

Noun Plural: awkwardnesses
awkwardness - the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
		clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness
		inelegance the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
		woodenness the quality of being wooden and awkward; "he criticized the woodenness of the acting"; "there was a certain woodenness in his replies"
awkwardness - unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
		clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness
		unskillfulness a lack of cognitive skill
awkwardness - the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
		clumsiness
		gracefulness beautiful carriage
		posture, carriage, bearing a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
		ungracefulness, gracelessness an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression
		gawkiness, ungainliness the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant
awkwardness - trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"
		cumbersomeness, unwieldiness
		troublesomeness, worriment, inconvenience a difficulty that causes anxiety
awkwardness - the quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"
		nuisance value
		disadvantage the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position