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clumsiness(noun, confusion, shame, mess)
8
embarrassment(noun, anxiety, confusion, shame)
6
trouble(noun, upset, disorder, bother)
6
unwieldiness(noun, bother, disturbance, hindrance)
4
uneasiness(noun, upset, trouble, bother)
3
delicacy(noun, unease, discomfort)
3
mortification(noun, confusion, shame, mess)
3
perplexity(noun, trouble, disorder, confusion)
2
bashfulness(noun, confusion, shame, mess)
2
discomfiture(noun, confusion, shame, mess)
2
hardness(noun, toughness)
2
hindrance(noun, upset, trouble, bother)
2
humiliation(noun, confusion, shame, mess)
2
knot(noun, trouble, pain, struggle)
2
muddle(noun, state, trouble, disorder)
2
pain(noun, upset, trouble, bother)
2
self-consciousness(noun, anxiety, confusion, shame)
2
shyness(noun, confusion, shame, mess)
1
adversity(noun, trouble, pain, struggle)
1
arduousness(noun, trouble, pain, struggle)
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