awkwardness
/ˈɔːkwədnəs
/noun [mass noun]
The quality of being awkward: there was a moment of awkwardness the awkwardness of youth...
- Nervousness and awkwardness set in before the next track brings the funk back.
- The campaign is unlikely to help, and quite likely to increase awkwardness and embarrassment.
- There is a pervading sense of discomfort and awkwardness about their arrangement and interaction.
Synonyms
embarrassment, self-consciousness, discomfort, discomfiture, uneasiness, edginess, tension, nervousness
ungainliness, clumsiness, lack of coordination, gracelessness, inelegance, ineptness, gaucheness, gawkiness
- play-action pass
- play-actor
- play-actress
- playa-hata
- playa-hater
- playa lake
- play a let
- play a lone hand
- play along
- play a (or one's) hunch
- play a part
- play a trick (or joke) on
- play away
- playback
- playback singer
- play ball
- playbill
- playboat
- playboater
- playboating
- play bone
- playbook
- play both ends against the middle
- playbox
- playboy