awkwardness
Definitions
Noun
- Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- The quality of an embarrassing situation
- The carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
- The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- Trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "awkwardness".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warrantless | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | waterishness | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "awkwardness".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | awareness | 3 | 32 |
| 2 | awards | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | awkward | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | awkwardly | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | wickedness | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | hardness | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | weariness | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | backwards | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | wardens | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | tardiness | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | backwardness | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | wariness | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | warnes | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | karnes | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | weirdness | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | hawkiness | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | wryness | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | warners | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | warders | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | wanless | 2 | 0 |
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 2
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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