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To combat social awkwardness, I would just act like I couldn't be bothered - that kind of aloof persona or aloof demeanor. It's so off-putting.
Janeane Garofalo

Meaning of "awkwardness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AWKWARDNESS

awkwardness  [ˈɔːkwədnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AWKWARDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Awkwardness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AWKWARDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

awkwardness

Embarrassment

Embarrassment is an emotional state of intense discomfort with oneself, experienced upon having a socially unacceptable act or condition witnessed by or revealed to others. Usually some amount of loss of honor or dignity is involved, but how much and the type depends on the embarrassing situation. It is similar to shame, except that shame may be experienced for an act known only to oneself. Also, embarrassment usually carries the connotation of being caused by an act that is merely socially unacceptable, rather than morally wrong.

Definition of awkwardness in the English dictionary

The definition of awkwardness in the dictionary is embarrassment; lack of ease. Other definition of awkwardness is behaviour demonstrating lack of ease and self-confidence.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AWKWARDNESS


assuredness
əˈʃʊədnɪs
backwardness
ˈbækwədnɪs
blindness
ˈblaɪndnɪs
fondness
ˈfɒndnɪs
forwardness
ˈfɔːwədnɪs
goodness
ˈɡʊdnɪs
haphazardness
ˌhæpˈhæzədnɪs
hardness
ˈhɑːdnɪs
kindness
ˈkaɪndnɪs
loudness
ˈlaʊdnɪs
madness
ˈmædnɪs
preparedness
prɪˈpɛərɪdnɪs
redness
ˈrɛdnɪs
sadness
ˈsædnɪs
straightforwardness
ˌstreɪtˈfɔːwədnɪs
tiredness
ˈtaɪədnɪs
unpreparedness
ˌʌnprɪˈpeədnɪs
waywardness
ˈweɪwədnɪs
weirdness
ˈwɪədnɪs
wickedness
ˈwɪkɪdnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AWKWARDNESS

awfully
awfulness
awhato
awheel
awheto
awhile
awhirl
awkward
awkwardish
awkwardly
awl
awlbird
awless
awlwort
awmrie
awmry
awn
awned
awner
awning

WORDS THAT END LIKE AWKWARDNESS

baldness
blandness
boundedness
business
centeredness
coldness
color blindness
connectedness
frowardness
giftedness
gladness
indebtedness
light-headedness
mindedness
nakedness
narrow-mindedness
night blindness
oddness
relatedness
soundness
stupidness

Synonyms and antonyms of awkwardness in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «AWKWARDNESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «awkwardness» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of awkwardness

Translation of «awkwardness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AWKWARDNESS

Find out the translation of awkwardness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of awkwardness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «awkwardness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

尴尬
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

torpeza
570 millions of speakers

English

awkwardness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भद्दापन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاحراج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неловкость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

constrangimento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জবুথবুভাব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maladresse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kejanggalan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Peinlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ぎこちなさ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

어색함
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Awkwardness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vụng về
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தடுமாற்றத்தின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्ताव्यस्तता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

beceriksizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

goffaggine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieporadność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ніяковість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stângăcie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδεξιότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongemaklikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klumpighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

awkwardness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of awkwardness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AWKWARDNESS»

The term «awkwardness» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.573 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AWKWARDNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about awkwardness

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10 QUOTES WITH «AWKWARDNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word awkwardness.
1
Bob Filner
To all the women that I've offended, I had no intention to be offensive, to violate any physical or emotional space. I was trying to establish personal relationships, but the combination of awkwardness and hubris led to behavior that I think many found offensive.
2
Dave Gahan
Depeche Mode have never got over their teenage awkwardness with each other. We're still like that. Mates but not mates. That awkwardness is there, only now we have families and kids.
3
Zach Galifianakis
My forte is awkwardness.
4
Janeane Garofalo
To combat social awkwardness, I would just act like I couldn't be bothered - that kind of aloof persona or aloof demeanor. It's so off-putting.
5
Maggie Grace
A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow that natural awkwardness on a rehearsal? There's something so beautiful about it that can't be faked.
6
Norah Jones
Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stage, talking to the audience, looking at them and smiling, that's always been difficult for me. I'm a lot more comfortable now, but there are still moments of awkwardness.
7
Ninon de L'Enclos
Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.
8
Natasha Lyonne
That's usually how I get to know strangers - get inappropriately touchy. Once they've experienced the awkwardness of you being way too close for comfort, after that, it all gets easy.
9
Sister Parish
It has not been an easy cross to bear. It has caused considerable confusion. My husband constantly complained about the awkwardness of being married to a woman whom he called Sister.
10
Daniel Radcliffe
Shyness displays itself differently in me. I think it's more an awkwardness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AWKWARDNESS»

Discover the use of awkwardness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to awkwardness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Awkwardness
Argues that the awkwardness of our age is a key to understanding human experience.
Adam Kotsko, 2010
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An Inquiry Into Social Awkwardness
The author interprets the findings of both studies to suggest that awkward feelings and behaviors serve to mark destabilized patterns of affiliation, and to focus both attention and intention on the evaluation and regulation of social ...
Joshua W. Clegg, 2007
3
Sunshine and Awkwardness
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Strickland W. Gillilan, 2009
4
Emotions: An Essay in Aid of Moral Psychology
be the unconscious complement of the feeling of awkwardness. Though the feeling of awkwardness is essentially a feeling, we have no reason to rule out unfelt episodes of an emotion corresponding to the feeling of awkwardness. On analogy ...
Robert C. Roberts, 2003
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How to Make Your Long-Distance Relationship Work and ...
Couples meeting for the first time, or couples who are readying to see each other face-to-face for the first time in a while, generally accept there will be some initial awkwardness when they are finally able to see each other. For some people ...
Tamsen Butler, 2014
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Middle Class Nightmares: The Curse of Social Awkwardness
A light-hearted look at life's little "disasters," Middle Class Nightmares celebrates those memories some would rather forget and will delight anyone who has ever found themselves wishing that the ground would open up and swallow them whole ...
Stuart Holding, 2010
7
Documentary's Awkward Turn: Cringe Comedy and Media ...
My concern is to analyze how awkwardness frequently arises through various attempts in documentary film and reality-based media to negotiate this pervasive cultural irony. The first-person, confessional, reflexive, and ironic strategies that ...
Jason Middleton, 2013
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What Does Not Change: The Significance of Charles Olson's ...
III It might explain something about "The Kingfishers" to know that at the time " awkwardness" was for Olson a critical term with positive connotations. He admired the "awkwardness" of Sienese painting, as opposed to the usually more favored ...
Ralph Maud, 1998
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Unleashing Excellence: The Complete Guide to Ultimate ...
The second stage, awkwardness, occurs about the time service training ( discussed in the next chapter) starts to roll out. During thisstage, employeesbegintomakeuseoftheserviceimprovement tools such as the Everything Speaks Checklist, ...
Dennis Snow, Teri Yanovitch, 2009
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Boys of Few Words: Raising Our Sons to Communicate and Connect
When. Social. Awkwardness. Comes. Out. Aggressively. Most shy boys are socially awkward, but not all socially awkward boys come across as shy. They may, however, withdraw just like more recognizably shy boys when their attempts to ...
Adam J. Cox, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AWKWARDNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term awkwardness is used in the context of the following news items.
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So Braden Holtby and Marcus Johansson filed for arbitration. Now …
Imagine, though, the awkwardness of arguing that one of your players is worth less than he believes. It's not an ideal situation for either party. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
10 'Old Person' Brands Getting Millennial Makeovers
... manner of brands launching makeovers and tweaking old products to woo millennials, with varying degrees of success—and awkwardness. «TIME, Jul 15»
3
Motta clocks in
... wants to leave and wants to leave now, without the awkwardness of having to return to the Parisian outfit's training sessions day after day. «MARCA.com, Jul 15»
4
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Emily Ratajkowski, Barbara Palvin And …
While stripping off for the cameras in front of a room full of people would fill most of us with nothing but awkwardness, it's just another day in the ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
5
Trump's trumpeting leaves golf in uncomfortable position
And maybe you've caused a considerable amount of eyebrow raising awkwardness in the douce suburbs when you're over heard uttering 'sex' ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
6
Lily Allen 'turned away' from Wireless VIP area and apparently she …
Lily Allen has had some more festival awkwardness after apparently being turned away from a VIP section of Wireless. The star, who hit the ... «Metro, Jul 15»
7
'Orange Is The New Black' Star Ruby Rose Auditioning For 'Fast …
She told Australia's Today Show about a small amount of awkwardness surrounding her possible new role, and her knowledge of why she was ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
8
International Kissing Day: Disabled Lovers Kiss In Heartwarming …
The film is part of the charity's End The Awkward campaign, which hopes to break down the awkwardness that too many people feel when ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
9
Marian Hintze Monson
The awkwardness that he had been dating her roommate was soon overcome and they enjoyed a courtship of long walks around Manhattan ... «Daily Herald, Jul 15»
10
Harrison twins trying to beat the odds with leap to NBA
It was easy to push through the initial awkwardness of playing on separate teams because they share the same goal of becoming next in a line ... «ESPN, Jul 15»

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