Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slownessunskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
(n)awkwardness, nuisance valuethe quality of an embarrassing situation“he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal”
(n)awkwardness, clumsinessthe carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
(n)awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffnessthe inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
(n)awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldinesstrouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape“the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano”