Awkwardness
Awkwardness noun - The quality of an embarrassing situation.
Usage example: he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal
Disadvantage and awkwardness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Disadvantage" instead a noun "Awkwardness".
Disadvantage
Disadvantage noun - A feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success.
Awkwardness and disadvantage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Awkwardness" instead a noun "Disadvantage".
Nearby Word: disadvantageous
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- trouble and awkwardness
- trouble and disadvantage
- bother and awkwardness
- bother and disadvantage
- uneasiness and awkwardness
- uneasiness and disadvantage
- distress and awkwardness
- distress and disadvantage
- difficulty and awkwardness
- difficulty and disadvantage
- hindrance and awkwardness
- hindrance and disadvantage
- nuisance and awkwardness
- nuisance and disadvantage
How words are described
| physical | physical awkwardness | physical disadvantage |
| initial | initial awkwardness | initial disadvantage |
| considerable | considerable awkwardness | considerable disadvantage |
| obvious | obvious awkwardness | obvious disadvantage |
| Other adjectives: simple, heavy, real, constant, severe, extreme, serious, slight, potential, main, social, incredible, possible, apparent, mutual, added, crippling. | ||
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