Associations to the word «Awkwardness»

Wiktionary

AWKWARDNESS, noun. The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
AWKWARDNESS, noun. The quality of an embarrassing situation.

Dictionary definition

AWKWARDNESS, noun. Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.
AWKWARDNESS, noun. The quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal".
AWKWARDNESS, noun. The carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant.
AWKWARDNESS, noun. The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment).
AWKWARDNESS, noun. Trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca