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awkwardness
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 awkwardness
Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.
synoniemen: clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness.
Roget 704:
difficulty;
hardness
etc.
adj.;
impracticability
etc.
(impossibility)
471;
tough work,
hard work,
uphill work;
hard task,
Herculean task,
Augean task†;
task of Sisyphus,
Sisyphean labor,
tough job,
teaser,
rasper†,
dead lift.
dilemma,
embarrassment;
deadlock;
perplexity
etc.
(uncertainty)
475;
intricacy;
entanglement,
complexity
etc.
59;
cross fire;
awkwardness,
delicacy,
ticklish card to play,
knot,
Gordian knot,
dignus vindice nodus [Lat.],
net,
meshes,
maze;
coil
etc.
(convolution)
248;
crooked path;
involvement.
nice point,
delicate point,
subtle point,
knotty point;
vexed question,
vexata quaestio [Lat.],
poser;
puzzle
etc.
(riddle)
533;
paradox;
hard nut to crack,
nut to crack;
bone to pick,
crux,
pons asinorum [Lat.],
where the shoe pinches.
nonplus,
quandary,
strait,
pass,
pinch,
pretty pass,
stress,
brunt;
critical situation,
crisis;
trial,
rub,
emergency,
exigency,
scramble.
scrape,
hobble,
slough,
quagmire,
hot water,
hornet's nest;
sea of troubles,
peck of troubles;
pretty kettle of fish;
pickle,
stew,
imbroglio,
mess,
ado;
false position.
set fast,
stand,
standstill;
deadlock,
dead set.
fix,
horns of a dilemma,
cul de sac [Fr.];
hitch;
stumbling block
etc.
(hindrance)
706.
[difficult person]
crab;
curmudgeon.
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Roget 851:
vulgarity,
vulgarism;
barbarism,
Vandalism,
Gothicism†;
mauvis gout [Fr.],
bad taste;
gaucherie,
awkwardness,
want of tact;
ill-breeding
etc.
(discourtesy)
895.
courseness
etc.
adj.†;
indecorum,
misbehavior.
lowness,
homeliness;
low life,
mauvais ton [Fr.],
rusticity;
boorishness
etc.
adj.;
brutality;
rowdyism,
blackguardism†;
ribaldry;
slang
etc.
(neology)
563.
bad joke,
mauvais plaisanterie [Fr.].
[Excess of ornament]
gaudiness,
tawdriness;
false ornament;
finery,
frippery,
trickery,
tinsel,
gewgaw,
clinquant†;
baroque,
rococo.
rough diamond,
tomboy,
hoyden,
cub,
unlicked cub†;
clown
etc.
(commonalty)
876;
Goth,
Vandal,
Boeotian;
snob,
cad,
gent;
parvenu
etc.
876;
frump,
dowdy;
slattern
etc.
653.
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Nederlands: linksheid, lompheid, onbeholpenheid, onhandigheid, stijfheid
2 awkwardness
The quality of an embarrassing situation:
— He sensed the awkwardness of his proposal.
synoniem: nuisance value.
Nederlands: onhandigheid
Pools: wstydliwość
3 awkwardness
The carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant.
synoniem: clumsiness.
Pools: niezgrabność
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