awkwardness

Noun

• trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
  • the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano
    

• the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

• the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant

• the quality of an embarrassing situation
  • he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal
    

• unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cumbersomeness , unwieldiness , clumsiness , gracelessness , stiffness , nuisance value , ineptness , ineptitude , maladroitness , slowness