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awkwardness

awkwardness noun: the state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.

Noun

awkwardness (usually uncountable, plural awkwardnesses)

  1. (usually) 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.1849, Minutes of the committee of council on education, page 82
  2. (usually) The quality of an embarrassing situation.
    • Such awkwardnesses indicate that Lenin was conscious of the daily erosion of what few democratic institutions remained, but wished from time to time to invoke the virtuous-sounding name of democracy.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...

awkwardness meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Tagalog

awkwardness in Malayalam

വൈഷമ്യം, കുഴപ്പം

awkwardness in Kannada

ಅಡ್ಡತಿಡ್ಡ, ಅಡ್ಡತಿಡ್ಡಿ, ಅಡ್ಡಾತಿಡ್ಡ, ಅಡ್ಡಾತಿಡ್ಡಿ, ಅಡ್ಡಾದಿಡ್ಡಿ, ಅಡ್ಡಾದಿಡ್ಡ

awkwardness in Tagalog

the state or quality of being awkward
tungal, pagkatungal, katungalan

Examples of awkwardness in a sentence

  • Now that the awkwardness had settled, they could be just friends.
  • After this period , the pall of awkwardness has indel- ibly clouded the car .
  • The Moscow experts on treffs perform their duty with ponderous, often ridiculous, awkwardness.

All 16 example sentences with awkwardness

Synonyms of awkwardness

All synonyms of awkwardness

Forms of awkwardness

pluralawkwardnesses
alternative form (obsolete)aukwardness

Origin of awkwardness

From awkward + -ness.

Words formed from awkwardness

Questions about awkwardness

What does awkwardness mean?
Awkwardness means the state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
What is awkwardness in Malayalam?
Awkwardness in Malayalam is വൈഷമ്യം, കുഴപ്പം. See Awkwardness meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is awkwardness?
Awkwardness is a noun.
What is the plural of awkwardness?
The plural of awkwardness is awkwardnesses.

Words near awkwardness in the dictionary

  1. awkwarder
  2. awkwardest
  3. awkwardish
  4. awkwardity
  5. awkwardly
  6. awkwardness
  7. awkwardnesses
  8. awkwardnessful
  9. awkwards
  10. awkweird
  11. awky

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Adapted from Wiktionary: awkwardness (page history and authors); awkwardness (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); awkwardness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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