awkwardness

English

Alternative forms

aukwardness (obsolete)

Etymology

From awkward +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

awkwardness (usually uncountable, plural awkwardnesses)

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

awkwardnessful

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

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