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| NOUN | 1 | awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness | Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training |
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| 2 | awkwardness, nuisance value | The quality of an embarrassing situation | |
| 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 |
| Sounds | ao'kwerdnahs |
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| Rhymes | abacus, abruptness, absoluteness, and 1127 more rhymes in ahs... |
| Meaning | Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training. |
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| Synonyms | clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness |
| Broader | unskillfulness |
| Narrower | rustiness |
| Adjectives | awkward; awkward; awkward |
| Meaning | The quality of an embarrassing situation. |
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| Examples | "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal" |
| Synonyms | nuisance value |
| Broader | disadvantage |
| Adjectives | awkward; awkward |
| Meaning | The carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant. |
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| Synonyms | clumsiness |
| Contrary | gracefulness |
| Broader | carriage, bearing, posture |
| Narrower | gracelessness, ungracefulness; gawkiness, ungainliness; stiffness |
| Meaning | The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment). |
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| Synonyms | clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness |
| Broader | inelegance |
| Narrower | woodenness; rusticity, gaucherie |
| Adjectives | awkward; awkward |
| Meaning | Trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape. |
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| Synonyms | cumbersomeness, unwieldiness |
| Broader | troublesomeness, inconvenience, worriment |
| Adjectives | awkward; awkward |
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