awkwardness - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape

Synonyms

• awkwardness
• cumbersomeness
• unwieldiness

More generic

• inconvenience
• troublesomeness
• worriment

Noun

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

Synonyms

• awkwardness
• clumsiness
• gracelessness
• stiffness

More generic

• inelegance

More specific

• gaucherie
• rusticity
• woodenness

Noun

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

Synonyms

• awkwardness
• clumsiness

More generic

• bearing
• carriage
• posture

Opposite / Antonyms

• gracefulness

More specific

• gawkiness
• gracelessness
• stiffness
• ungainliness
• ungracefulness

Noun

the quality of an embarrassing situation

Synonyms

• awkwardness
• nuisance value

More generic

• disadvantage

Noun

unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

Synonyms

• awkwardness
• clumsiness
• ineptitude
• ineptness
• maladroitness
• slowness

More generic

• unskillfulness

More specific

• rustiness

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