Synonyms for awkwardness

noun

1. Clumsiness

   inaptitude, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, inability, incompetence, botchery, gawkiness, maladroitness, crudeness, ignorance, heavy-handedness, unhandiness, ungainliness, ungracefulness, oafishness, gracelessness, butterfingers*, handful of thumbs*, klutziness*.

   Antonyms ability*, grace*, competence.

2. Embarrassment

   embarrassment, discomfiture, gaucherie, tactlessness; see embarrassment 1, 2,.