awkwardness

English Thesaurus

1. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	inconvenience, troublesomeness, worriment,
definition	:	a difficulty that causes anxiety (noun.attribute)

2. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	inelegance,
definition	:	the quality of lacking refinement and good taste (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	woodenness,
definition	:	the quality of being wooden and awkward (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	gaucherie, rusticity,
definition	:	the quality of being rustic or gauche (noun.attribute)

3. the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	bearing, carriage, posture,
definition	:	characteristic way of bearing one's body (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	gracelessness, ungracefulness,
definition	:	an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	gawkiness, ungainliness,
definition	:	the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	stiffness,
definition	:	the property of moving with pain or difficulty (noun.attribute)

4. the quality of an embarrassing situation (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	disadvantage,
definition	:	the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position (noun.attribute)

5. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	unskillfulness,
definition	:	a lack of cognitive skill (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	rustiness,
definition	:	ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice (noun.cognition)

6. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	unmanageable, unwieldy,
definition	:	difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape (adj.all)

derivation	:	awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly,
definition	:	difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape (adj.all)

derivation	:	cumbersome, cumbrous,
definition	:	difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight (adj.all)

7. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	awkward, ill at ease, uneasy,
definition	:	socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner (adj.all)

derivation	:	gauche, graceless, unpolished,
definition	:	lacking social polish (adj.all)

derivation	:	awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept,
definition	:	not elegant or graceful in expression (adj.all)

derivation	:	buckram, starchy, stiff,
definition	:	rigidly formal (adj.all)

derivation	:	graceless, ungraceful,
definition	:	lacking grace; clumsy (adj.all)

8. the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	gracefulness,
definition	:	beautiful carriage (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	clumsy, clunky, gawky, ungainly, unwieldy,
definition	:	lacking grace in movement or posture (adj.all)

9. the quality of an embarrassing situation (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable,
definition	:	hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment (adj.all)

10. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	maladroit,
definition	:	not adroit (adj.all)

derivation	:	dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow,
definition	:	slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity (adj.all)

derivation	:	awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept,
definition	:	not elegant or graceful in expression (adj.all)

derivation	:	awkward,
definition	:	lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance (adj.all)

derivation	:	bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent,
definition	:	showing lack of skill or aptitude (adj.all)

11. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	unmanageable, unwieldy,
definition	:	difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape (adj.all)

derivation	:	awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly,
definition	:	difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape (adj.all)

derivation	:	cumbersome, cumbrous,
definition	:	difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight (adj.all)

12. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	awkward, ill at ease, uneasy,
definition	:	socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner (adj.all)

derivation	:	gauche, graceless, unpolished,
definition	:	lacking social polish (adj.all)

derivation	:	awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept,
definition	:	not elegant or graceful in expression (adj.all)

derivation	:	buckram, starchy, stiff,
definition	:	rigidly formal (adj.all)

derivation	:	graceless, ungraceful,
definition	:	lacking grace; clumsy (adj.all)

13. the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	gracefulness,
definition	:	beautiful carriage (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	clumsy, clunky, gawky, ungainly, unwieldy,
definition	:	lacking grace in movement or posture (adj.all)

14. the quality of an embarrassing situation (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable,
definition	:	hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment (adj.all)

15. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	maladroit,
definition	:	not adroit (adj.all)

derivation	:	dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow,
definition	:	slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity (adj.all)

derivation	:	awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept,
definition	:	not elegant or graceful in expression (adj.all)

derivation	:	awkward,
definition	:	lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance (adj.all)

derivation	:	bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent,
definition	:	showing lack of skill or aptitude (adj.all)

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