Hyphenation of awkwardness

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word awkwardness? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

awk-ward-ness

Definitions of awkwardness:

1.
Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
2.
The quality of an embarrassing situation
He sensed the awkwardness of his proposal
3.
The carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
4.
The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
5.
Trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
The movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano

Synonyms of awkwardness:

noun clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness, unskillfulness
nounnuisance value, disadvantage
noun clumsiness, carriage, bearing, posture
noun clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness, inelegance
noun cumbersomeness, unwieldiness, troublesomeness, inconvenience, worriment

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