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# awkwardness

«awkwardness» in Mova's school dictionary: **The feeling of being uncomfortable or embarrassed…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (awkwardness, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The feeling of being uncomfortable or embarrassed, especially in a social situation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awkwardness/#m1)

2) Clumsiness; not moving easily or smoothly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awkwardness/#m2)

3) Being difficult to deal with. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awkwardness/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: the awkwardness of a silence, of a first day at a new school. In everyday life: the awkwardness of a teenager growing fast. Phrases: an awkwardness between them, social awkwardness.

### examples

- There was an awkwardness after the argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awkwardness/#x1)
- He laughed to hide his awkwardness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awkwardness/#x2)
- The new girl felt the awkwardness of not knowing anyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awkwardness/#x3)
- The baby giraffe's awkwardness made us smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awkwardness/#x4)
- The awkwardness of the box made it hard to carry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awkwardness/#x5)
- After a minute, the awkwardness was gone and we chatted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awkwardness/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: awkward (note the "wkw" spelling). Informal synonym: cringe (slang).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «awkwardness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/awkwardness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.