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
noun	nuisance value, disadvantage
noun	clumsiness, carriage, bearing, posture
noun	clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness, inelegance
noun	cumbersomeness, unwieldiness, troublesomeness, inconvenience, worriment

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.