What is the meaning of awkwardness?

noun

• Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.
  • synonyms: clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness
• The quality of an embarrassing situation.
  • usage: "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"
  • synonyms: nuisance value
• The carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant.
  • synonyms: clumsiness
• The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment.
  • synonyms: clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness
• Trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape.
  • usage: "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"
  • synonyms: cumbersomeness, unwieldiness