awkwardness
noun[U]
uk/ˈɔː.kwəd.nəs/us/ˈɑː.kwɚd.nəs/awkwardnessnoun[U](EMBARRASSMENT)
embarrassment, or asituationthat isdifficultand notrelaxed:
局促不安，尴尬Inspiteof thedivorce, there was no awkwardness between them - infacttheyseemedvery much atease.尽管离婚了，但他们俩之间并没有尴尬——事实上，他们看起来相处得很自在。
Theinternetremovesthe awkwardness of aface-to-faceinteraction.互联网消除了面对面沟通的尴尬。
- Once we hadovercomeaninitialawkwardness we had aninterestingconversation.
- the awkwardness of a firstmeeting
- I wasawareof thepotentialfor awkwardness andembarrassmentinarrivinglate to themeeting.
- Despite hisshynessandoccasionalsocialawkwardness,friendsknewhe wasfiercelyloyal.
Ashamed and embarrassed
- abash
- abashed
- ashamed
- awkward
- awkwardly
- egg
- hangdog
- have egg onyourfaceidiom
- humbling
- look
- looksomeonein the eye/faceidiom
- meet
- meetsomeone'seyeidiom
- not know where to putyourselfidiom
- pride
- shamefaced
- shamefacedly
- sheepish
- squirm
- swallowyourprideidiom
awkwardnessnoun[U](DIFFICULTY)
thesituationof beingdifficultto use, do, ordealwith:
The awkwardness of theshapemakes thedeskdifficulttolift.
the awkwardness of makingcomplexarrangementstosuitso manypeople
- There was some awkwardness in theprocess.
- Thestrikescreatedsome awkwardness forpeoplecommutingtowork.
- Thedesignof thehandlebarsonlyaddsto the bike's awkwardness.
Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- another
- arduous
- formidable
- formidably
- get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
- grail
- gruelling
- onerous
- overdemanding
- painstaking
- picnic
- problematic
- tuff
- ultra-sensitive
- unresolved
- unsolved
- unwieldy
awkwardnessnoun[U](OF MOVEMENT)
aqualityof not beingnatural,relaxed, orattractive:
笨拙；别扭；不灵活；难看Heoutgrewhisphysicalawkwardness andbecamealeadingman inschoolplays.他克服了身体方面的笨拙，成为了学校戏剧活动的主角。
Theworldof highfashionhasembraceduglinessor awkwardness as a newkindofbeauty.高级时装界已经将丑陋或笨拙视为一种新的美。
- I was gettingcrampbecause of the awkwardness of theposition.
- At 16, she was verytallandpeoplemadefunof heryouthfulawkwardness.
Inability and awkwardness
- accident-prone
- adorkable
- all thumbsidiom
- amateurish
- amateurishly
- fumble
- functional illiteracy
- gauche
- geek
- ham-fisted
- jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
- klutzy
- like a bull in a china shopidiom
- lost
- lubber
- unable
- uncoordinated
- uneducable
- unenterprising
- unequal
awkwardnessnoun[U](UNHELPFUL)
UK
thefactof beingdeliberatelyunhelpful:
Is he reallyunabletohelpor is it just awkwardness?
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awkward
- the awkwardness of thefrontdeskstaff
- I've had enough of her awkwardness everytimeIaskher to do something.
- As acolleaguehe wasknownfor hisuncooperativeawkwardness.
Unhelpful and Uncooperative
- awkward
- awkwardly
- deterrent
- foot
- hang
- hangsomeoneout to dryidiom
- obstructionism
- obstructionist
- obstructive
- obstructively
- obstructiveness
- stifling
- stiflingly
- stultifying
- stultifyingly
- unaccommodating
- uncongenial
- underyourfeetidiom
- unforthcoming
- unhelpful