| Main Entry: | clumsiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maladroitness |
Synonyms: |
awkwardness, heavy-handedness, ineptitude, ungainliness |
| Main Entry: | disqualification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disability; rejection for participation |
Synonyms: |
awkwardness, clumsiness, debarment, disenablement, disentitlement, elimination, exclusion, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, ineligibility, ineptitude, lack, unfitness, unproficiency |
Antonyms: |
ability, aptitude, capability |
| 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 |
| Concept: | Artlessness. |
| Category: | 2. Complex voluntary action |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
-verbs
be artless; look one in the face; wear one's heart upon his sleeves for daws to peck at; think aloud; speak out, speak one's mind; be free with one, call a spade a spade.
-adjectives
artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain, inartificial, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenue, unaffected, naive; sincere, frank; open, open as day; candid, ingenuous, guileless; unsuspicious, honest; innocent; Arcadian; undesigning, straightforward, unreserved, aboveboard; simple-minded, single-minded; frank-hearted, open-hearted, single-hearted, simple-hearted., free-spoken, plain-spoken, outspoken; blunt, downright, direct, matter of fact, unpoetical; unflattering.
-adverbs
in plain words, in plain English; without mincing the matter; not to mince the matter (affirmation).
-phrases
Davus sum non Oedipus [Terrence]; liberavi animam meam; "as frank as rain on cherry blossoms" [E.B. Browning].
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Antonyms: |
cunning |
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