awkwardnesses

1. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of trainingSynonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness

2. the quality of an embarrassing situationExamples: "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"Synonyms: awkwardness, nuisance value

3. the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegantSynonyms: awkwardness, clumsinessAntonyms: gracefulness

4. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness

5. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shapeExamples: "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"Synonyms: awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness