11 Letter Words for Awkwardness
awkwardness
8 Letter Words for Awkwardness
awendaws, darkness, seawards, swankers, weasands
7 Letter Words for Awkwardness
answers, awakens, awarned, awendaw, awkward, dansker, darkens, dawners, keasars, kranses, narases, nasards, rawness, sadware, sanders, sarsden, sawders, seawans, seaward, swanked, swanker, swansea, sweards, wakanes, wanders, wankers, wardens, warsaws, weasand, wesands, wessand
6 Letter Words for Awkwardness
adware, anders, andrew, anears, ankers, answer, ardass, areads, arenas, askars, askers, awaken, awakes, awards, awarns, awners, awreak, dakers, danker, darken, darwan, daswen, dawner, dearns, denars, dewans, dewars, drakes, endark, eskars, kansas, kanses, karewa, keasar, kerana, kesars, knawes, kneads, nakers, nasard, nasser, nerkas, newark, ranked, rankes, ranses, redans, redawn, resawn, resaws, rwanda, sakers, sandak, sander, sandra, sansar, sarans, sarsen, sarwan, sawder, sawers, seanad, seawan, sedans, sewans, sewars, skanda, skeans, skears, skrans, snaked, snaker, snakes, snared, snares, snarks, snawed, sneads, sneaks, swanks, swards, sweard, swears, waders, wakane, wakens, wakers, wander, wanked, wanker, warden, warked, warned, warsaw, wedana, wesand, wrasse, wreaks
5 Letter Words for Awkwardness
adawe, adawn, adaws, andes, andre, anear, anker, ansae, ansar, anser, arake, araks, arank, arase, arawn, ardea, aread, areas, arena, arend, arked, arnas, arsed, askar, asked, asker, askew, assed, aswan, awake, awane, award, aware, awarn, awned, awner, dakar, daker, danes, danke, danks, dansk, dares, darks, darns, dawen, dawks, dawns, deans, dearn, dears, deaws, denar, derns, desks, dessa, dewan, dewar, drake, drank, drawk, drawn, draws, dreks, dress, eards, earns, eskar, kades, kanas, kande, kanes, kansa, karas, karen, karns, kaser, kawed, kearn, kerns, kesar, knars, knawe, knead, krans, ksars, nadas, naked, naker, naras, nards, nares, nears, nerds, nerka, nerks, rakan, raked, rakes, ranas, rands, ranke, ranks, rasen, rasse, rawns, reads, reaks, reans, reask, redan, rends, resaw, rewan, sades, saker, sakes, sands, saned, saner, sanes, sanka, sansa, saran, sarda, sards, sared, sarks, sarna, sarsa, sasan, sawan, sawed, sawer, seans, sears, sedan, senas, sends, sensa, seraw, serks, sewan, sewar, skaws, skean, skear, skers, skews, skran, snake, snare, snark, snars, snaws, snead, sneak, sneds, swads, swank, swans, sward, sware, swear, swerd, wadas, wader, wades, wadna, wakan, wakas, waked, waken, waker, wakes, wands, waned, waner, wanes, wanks, wards, wared, wares, warks, warns, warse, wases, wawas, wawes, weans, wears, wekas, wends, wreak, wrens
4 Letter Words for Awkwardness
adar, adaw, aden, akan, aked, aker, akes, akra, anas, anda, ands, anes, anew, anre, ansa, arad, arak, ards, area, ared, aren, ares, arew, arks, arna, asak, asar, asea, asks, asse, assn, awed, awes, awns, daer, daes, daks, dana, dane, dank, dans, dare, dark, darn, dase, dawe, dawk, dawn, daws, dean, dear, deas, deaw, dens, derk, dern, desk, dess, dews, draw, drew, eans, eard, earn, ears, ends, eras, erks, erns, ewks, kaas, kade, kaes, kana, kand, kane, kans, kara, karn, kasa, kaws, keas, keds, kend, kens, kera, kern, kers, knar, knaw, knew, kran, kras, krna, ksar, kwan, nada, nake, nard, nare, nark, narw, nasa, near, neds, neks, nerd, nerk, ness, news, raad, rada, rade, rads, rake, rana, rand, rane, rank, rasa, rawn, raws, read, reak, rean, reds, rend, renk, rews, sade, sadr, saek, sake, sana, sand, sane, sank, sans, sard, sare, sark, sars, sasa, saws, seak, sean, sear, seas, sena, send, sens, serk, sers, sewn, sews, skas, skaw, sked, sken, sker, skew, snar, snaw, sned, snew, ssed, swad, swan, waar, wada, wade, wads, waes, waka, wake, wand, wane, wank, wans, ward, ware, wark, warn, wars, wase, wasn, wawa, wawe, waws, weak, wean, wear, weds, weka, wend, wens, wran, wraw, wren
3 Letter Words for Awkwardness
aas, ade, ads, aer, aes, aka, ake, ana, and, ane, ans, ara, ard, are, ark, arn, ars, ase, ask, ass, awa, awd, awe, awk, awn, aws, dae, dak, dan, dar, das, daw, dea, den, der, des, dew, dks, dna, dsr, ead, ean, ear, eas, eds, end, ens, era, erd, erk, ern, ers, esd, esr, ess, ewk, kae, kan, kas, kaw, kea, ked, ken, kra, krs, kwa, naa, nad, nae, nak, nar, nas, naw, nea, ned, nek, new, rad, ran, ras, raw, rea, red, res, rew, rna, rnd, rwd, saa, sad, san, sar, saw, sds, sea, sed, sen, ser, sew, ska, sse, ssw, swa, wad, wae, wan, war, was, waw, wed, wen, wer, wnw, wsw
Definitions for Awkwardness
[1] lacking skill or dexterity.
[2] lacking grace or ease in movement: an awkward gesture; an awkward dancer.
[3] lacking social graces or manners: a simple, awkward frontiersman.
[4] not well planned or designed for easy or effective use: an awkward instrument; an awkward method.
[5] requiring caution; somewhat hazardous: an awkward turn in the road.
[6] hard to deal with; difficult; requiring skill, tact, or the like: an awkward situation; an awkward customer.
[7] embarrassing or inconvenient; caused by lack of social grace: an awkward moment.
[8] Obsolete . untoward; perverse.
[9] lacking dexterity, proficiency, or skill; clumsy; inept the new recruits were awkward in their exercises
[10] ungainly or inelegant in movements or posture despite a great deal of practice she remained an awkward dancer
[11] unwieldy; difficult to use an awkward implement
[12] embarrassing an awkward moment
[13] embarrassed he felt awkward about leaving
[14] difficult to deal with; requiring tact an awkward situation ; an awkward customer
[15] deliberately uncooperative or unhelpful he could help but he is being awkward
[16] dangerous or difficult an awkward ascent of the ridge
[17] obsolete perverse
Words related to Awkwardness
awkwardineptitude, ignorance, peril, discomfort, coarseness, greenness, rudeness, inability, incompetence, ineptness, gawkiness, tactlessness, crudeness, maladroitness, boorishness, inconvenience, risk, danger, bulkiness, uncomfortableness
Words nearby Awkwardness
awkwardawfully, awhato, awheel, awhile, awhirl, awkward, awkward age, awl, awl snail, awl-shaped, awless
Origin of Awkwardness
1300–50; Middle English, equivalent to awk(e ), auk(e ) ‘backhanded’, Old English *afoc (< Old Norse ǫfugr ‘turned the wrong way’; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German abuh, Old English afu(h)lic ‘wrong’, off) + -ward -ward
Other words from Awkwardness
awk·ward·ly , adverb
awk·ward·ness , noun
un·awk·ward , adjective
un·awk·ward·ly , adverb
un·awk·ward·ness , noun
Word origin for Awkwardness
C14 awk, from Old Norse öfugr turned the wrong way round + -ward
Synonyms for Awkwardness
ignorance, ineptitude, amateurishness, artlessness, boorishness, coarseness, crudeness, gawkiness, gracelessness, greenness, inability, incompetence, ineptness, maladroitness, rudeness, tactlessness, uncouthness, ungainliness, unskillfulness, cloddishness, inexpertness, oafishness, uncoordination
