Definition of awkwardness

Overview of noun awkwardness

The noun awkwardness has 5 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness

(unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training)

2. awkwardness, nuisance value

(the quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal")

3. awkwardness, clumsiness

(the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant)

4. awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness

(the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment))

5. awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness

(trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano")