All awkwardness synonyms

noun awkwardness

• clumsiness — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
• ineptitude — quality or condition of being inept.
• ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
• peril — exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger: They faced the peril of falling rocks.
• discomfort — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
• coarseness — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
• greenness — the quality or state of being green.
• rudeness — discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
• inability — lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means: his inability to make decisions.
• artless — Someone who is artless is simple and honest, and does not think of deceiving other people.
• incompetence — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
• ineptness — without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people.
• ungainly — not graceful; awkward; unwieldy; clumsy: an ungainly child; an ungainly prose style.
• gawkiness — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
• unskilful — not skillful; clumsy or bungling.
• tactlessness — lacking tact; showing no tact; undiplomatic; offendingly blunt: a tactless remark.
• crudeness — in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural: crude sugar.
• amateurish — If you describe something as amateurish, you think that it is not skilfully made or done.
• maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
• boorishness — of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.
• uncouth — awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly: uncouth behavior; an uncouth relative who embarrasses the family.
• graceless — without any sense of right or propriety.
• inconvenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
• risk — exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
• danger — Danger is the possibility that someone may be harmed or killed.
• bulkiness — of relatively large and cumbersome bulk or size.
• unwieldly — not wieldy; wielded with difficulty; not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight; awkward; ungainly.
• troublesome — causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
• perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
• hazardous — full of risk; perilous; risky: a hazardous journey.
• uncomfortableness — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
• cumbersome — Something that is cumbersome is large and heavy and therefore difficult to carry, wear, or handle.
• delicacy — Delicacy is the quality of being easy to break or harm, and refers especially to people or things that are attractive or graceful.
• difficulty — the fact or condition of being difficult.
• unpleasantness — the quality or state of being unpleasant.
• trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
• untimeliness — not timely; not occurring at a suitable time or season; ill-timed or inopportune: An untimely downpour stopped the game.
• thorny — abounding in or characterized by thorns; spiny; prickly.
• inopportune — not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable: an inopportune visit.
• stickiness — having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
• painful — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
• inelegance — the quality or state of being inelegant; lack of elegance.
• amateurishness — The quality of being amateurish.
• artlessness — The state or quality of being artless.
• unease — not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
• discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
• uneasiness — not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
• self-conscious — excessively aware of being observed by others.
• gauche — lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless: Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche.
• inexpert — not expert; unskilled.