awkwardness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed

   My awkwardness shows on first dates.

2. 2
   noun

   the quality of an embarrassing situation

   I sensed the awkwardness of my comments.

3. 3
   noun

   The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.

   […] instead of the joyous voices of his playfellows he hears the rough commands of an unindulgent master or a scolding mistress; — he is continually reproached for his awkwardness and timidity, and reminded of his pauper origin.

4. 4
   noun

   trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape

From awkward + -ness.

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