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awkwardness

English

  1. 🔊 trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
    “the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano”
  2. 🔊 the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
  3. 🔊 the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
  4. 🔊 the quality of an embarrassing situation
    “he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal”
  5. 🔊 unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

Spanish

  1. 🔊 dificultad awkwardness
  2. 🔊 torpeza awkwardness

Similar words

cumbersomeness unwieldiness clumsiness gracelessness stiffness clumsiness nuisance value clumsiness ineptness ineptitude maladroitness slowness