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awkwardness - the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) |
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clumsiness,
gracelessness,
stiffness |
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inelegance the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
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woodenness the quality of being wooden and awkward; "he criticized the woodenness of the acting"; "there was a certain woodenness in his replies"
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gaucherie,
rusticity the quality of being rustic or gauche
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awkwardness - unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training |
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clumsiness,
ineptness,
ineptitude,
maladroitness,
slowness |
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unskillfulness a lack of cognitive skill
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rustiness ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice; "his rustiness showed when he was asked to speed up"
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awkwardness - the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant |
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clumsiness |
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gracefulness beautiful carriage
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bearing,
carriage,
posture a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily
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gracelessness,
ungracefulness an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression
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gawkiness,
ungainliness the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant
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stiffness firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"
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awkwardness - trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano" |
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cumbersomeness,
unwieldiness |
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inconvenience,
troublesomeness,
worriment the quality of not being useful or convenient
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awkwardness - the quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal" |
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disadvantage the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
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