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| Main Entry: |
clumsiness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maladroitness |
| Synonyms: | awkwardness, heavy-handedness, ineptitude, ungainliness |
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| Main Entry: | embarrassment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humiliation, shame |
| Synonyms: | awkward situation, awkwardness, bashfulness, bind, boo boo, chagrin, clumsiness, complexity, confusion, destitution, difficulty, dilemma, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, distress, egg on face, faux pas, fix, hitch, hot seat, hot water, impecuniosity, indebtedness, indiscretion, inhibition, mess, mistake, mortification, pickle, pinch, plight, poverty, predicament, puzzle, quandary, scrape, self-consciousness, shyness, snag, stew, strait, tangle, timidity, unease, uneasiness |
| Antonyms: | comfort, confidence |
| Main Entry: | artlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unskillfulness |
| Synonyms: | awkwardness, clumsiness, crudeness, gawkiness, gracelessness, inelegance, ineptitude, uncoordination |
| Antonyms: | coordination, grace |
| Main Entry: | ineptitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incapacity |
| Synonyms: | awkwardness, clumsiness, inability, incompetence, ineptness, ungracefulness |
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| Concept: | Artlessness. |
| Category: | 2. Complex voluntary action |
| Synonyms: | |
| Antonyms: | cunning |
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