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Meanings of awkwardness in English

Spanish
torpeza

Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.

      torpeza
      Spanish
      torpeza

      The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

            torpeza
            Catalan
            incomoditat
            Spanish
            molestia

            The quality of an embarrassing situation.

                  incomoditat

                  Trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape.

                        Usage of awkwardness in English
                        1
                        There was an awkwardness building; we were struggling to find common ground.
                        The Guardian
                        2
                        One of my colleagues was commenting on the awkwardness of this situation.
                        Fire With Fire
                        3
                        The duke was the first to relieve the awkwardness of the moment.
                        The Goose Girl
                        4
                        In movement and speech she was brisk to the point of awkwardness.
                        The Information Officer
                        5
                        That was the major reason I avoided you myself, to avoid awkwardness.
                        Knife of dreams
                        6
                        He was aware of the social awkwardness her lack of furniture caused.
                        The house
                        7
                        She was the first to recover from the awkwardness of the moment.
                        Gilian The Dreamer: His Fancy, His Love and Adventure
                        8
                        Today, no one did, and so a lot of awkwardness was avoided.
                        Anathem
                        9
                        It takes a winning kind of confidence to play awkwardness so well.
                        The Irish Times
                        10
                        And, somehow, all the awkwardness of the meeting between the two vanished.
                        Vera Nevill / Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance
                        11
                        He supposed it was his natural awkwardness that made him feel so.
                        Ethan Frome
                        12
                        Mirren still relished the experience of meeting the royals, despite the awkwardness.
                        Independent.ie
                        13
                        The racket and confusion, shouts, profanity and general awkwardness were something tremendous.
                        The Rules of the Game
                        14
                        At one time he condemned a blacksmith to hard labor for awkwardness.
                        Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 03 (of 15), Spanish...
                        15
                        Ryan, for a split second, looks into the camera out of awkwardness.
                        News.com.au
                        16
                        Any attempt to describe myself would end in awkwardness, confusion and contradiction.
                        The Guardian
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                        Translations for awkwardness
                        Awkwardness through the time
                        Awkwardness across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Common