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awkward situation synonyms
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- amateurishness
- artlessness
- boorishness
- cloddishness
- coarseness
- crudeness
- gawkiness
- gracelessness
- greenness
- ignorance
- inability
- incompetence
- ineptitude
- ineptness
- inexpertness
- maladroitness
- oafishness
- rudeness
- abashment
- humility
- reservation
- reserve
- sheepishness
- shyness
- timidity
- between a rock and a hard place
- crunch
- difficulty
- dilemma
- hot water
- no-win situation
- nuisance
- pickle
- predicament
- quandary
- sticky situation
- tight situation
- tight spot
- black and blue mark
- bruise
- cut
- injury
- laceration
- scratch
- sore
- annoyance
- balk
- blow
- crushing
- discomfiture
- discomposure
- disgruntlement
- dismay
- disquiet
- dissatisfaction
- embarrassment
- fretfulness
- frustration
- humiliation
- ill-humor
- irritation
- letdown
- mortification
- awkwardness
- heavy-handedness
- ineptitude
- ungainliness
- complication
- convolution
- elaboration
- entanglement
- intricacy
- involvement
- multiplicity
- ramification
- abashing
- abashment
- addling
- agitation
- befuddlement
- befuddling
- bemusement
- bewilderment
- blurring
- chagrin
- cluttering
- commotion
- confounding
- demoralization
- disarranging
- discomfiting
- discomfiture
- disorientation
- poverty
- privation
- want
- adversity
- arduousness
- awkwardness
- barricade
- check
- complication
- crisis
- crux
- dead end
- deadlock
- deep water
- dilemma
- distress
- emergency
- exigency
- fix
- frustration
- hardship
- Catch-22
- bind
- box
- corner
- difficulty
- double bind
- embarrassment
- fix
- hole
- hooker
- impasse
- jam
- mess
- mire
- perplexity
- pickle
- plight
- predicament
- abashment
- agitation
- beating
- chagrin
- comedown
- confusion
- conquest
- defeasance
- defeat
- demoralization
- descent
- disappointment
- discomposure
- disconcertion
- disconcertment
- disquiet
- failure
- humiliation
- abashment
- confusion
- discombobulation
- discomfiture
- disorder
- distraction
- embarrassment
- perturbation
- uneasiness
- abashment
- agitation
- beating
- chagrin
- comedown
- confusion
- conquest
- defeasance
- defeat
- demoralization
- descent
- disappointment
- discomposure
- disconcertment
- disquiet
- failure
- humiliation
- overthrow
- ache
- affliction
- anguish
- anxiety
- bad news
- blues
- care
- concern
- cross
- dejection
- desolation
- disappointment
- discomfort
- disquietude
- dolor
- embarrassment
- grief
- headache
- abashment
- chagrin
- embarrassment
- look foolish
- mortification
- red face
- self-consciousness
- shame
- blooper
- blunder
- blunder in etiquette
- boo-boo
- botch
- breach
- break
- bungle
- colossal blunder
- error
- flop
- flub
- foul-up
- gaffe
- gaucherie
- goof
- hash
- impropriety
- box
- corner
- dilemma
- embarrassment
- hole
- hot water
- jam
- mess
- pickle
- plight
- predicament
- quandary
- scrape
- spot
- block
- bug
- catch
- check
- delay
- discontinuance
- drawback
- glitch
- hang-up
- hindrance
- hold-up
- impediment
- interruption
- joker
- mishap
- snafu
- snag
- stoppage
- hot spot
- powder keg
- spot
- sticky wicket
- bind
- difficulty
- hot spot
- jam
- mess
- predicament
- scrape
- soup
- abjection
- aridity
- bankruptcy
- barrenness
- beggary
- dearth
- debt
- deficiency
- deficit
- depletion
- destitution
- difficulty
- distress
- emptiness
- exiguity
- famine
- hardship
- impecuniousness
- debit
- debt
- liability
- obligation
- responsibility
- bumble
- crudeness
- dropping the ball
- dumb move
- error
- excitability
- faux pas
- folly
- fool mistake
- foolishness
- foul-up
- gaffe
- gaucherie
- goof
- hastiness
- imprudence
- indiscreetness
- ingenuousness
- bar
- barrier
- blockage
- check
- embargo
- hangup
- interdict
- interference
- obstacle
- prevention
- prohibition
- reserve
- restraint
- reticence
- self-consciousness
- shyness
- sublimation
- suppression
- botch
- chaos
- clutter
- combination
- compound
- confusion
- debris
- dirtiness
- disarray
- discombobulation
- disorganization
- every which way
- eyesore
- fright
- hash
- hodgepodge
- jumble
- mayhem
- aberration
- blooper
- blunder
- boo-boo
- bungle
- confusion
- delusion
- erratum
- false move
- false step
- fault
- faux pas
- flub
- fluff
- gaffe
- illusion
- inaccuracy
- inadvertence
- abasement
- affront
- bring down
- chagrin
- condescension
- degradation
- disgrace
- dishonor
- embarrassment
- humbling
- ignominy
- loss of face
- put-down
- resignation
- shame
- bind
- box
- corner
- difficulty
- dilemma
- disorder
- fix
- hole
- hot water
- jam
- predicament
- quandary
- scrape
- spot
- tight spot
- compression
- confinement
- contraction
- cramp
- grasp
- grasping
- hurt
- limitation
- nip
- nipping
- pressure
- squeeze
- torment
- tweak
- twinge
- bad news
- circumstances
- condition
- corner
- double trouble
- extremity
- fix
- hole
- impasse
- jam
- perplexity
- pickle
- pinch
- predicament
- quandary
- scrape
- spot
- state
- abjection
- aridity
- bankruptcy
- barrenness
- beggary
- dearth
- debt
- deficiency
- deficit
- depletion
- destitution
- difficulty
- distress
- emptiness
- exiguity
- famine
- hardship
- impecuniousness
- Catch-22
- asperity
- bad news
- bind
- circumstance
- clutch
- condition
- corner
- crisis
- deadlock
- deep water
- dilemma
- drag
- emergency
- exigency
- fix
- hang-up
- hardship
- addle
- amaze
- bamboozle
- beat
- befog
- befuddle
- bemuse
- bewilder
- buffalo
- complicate
- confound
- discombobulate
- disconcert
- distract
- disturb
- dumbfound
- flabbergast
- floor
- Catch-22
- bewilderment
- bind
- clutch
- corner
- difficulty
- dilemma
- double trouble
- doubt
- embarrassment
- hang-up
- impasse
- mire
- perplexity
- pickle
- plight
- predicament
- puzzle
- awkward situation
- corner
- difficulty
- dilemma
- discomfiture
- distress
- embarrassment
- fix
- hole
- jam
- mess
- pickle
- plight
- predicament
- tight spot
- trouble
- backwardness
- bashfulness
- constraint
- doubt
- fear
- hesitation
- humility
- insecurity
- meekness
- modesty
- mousiness
- reluctance
- reserve
- sheepishness
- shyness
- timidity
- timidness
- timorousness
- apprehension
- coyness
- demureness
- diffidence
- insecurity
- meekness
- modesty
- reserve
- restraint
- reticence
- sheepishness
- timidity
- timidness
- timorousness
- Catch-22
- bar
- barrier
- blockade
- brake
- bug
- catch
- clog
- crimp
- cropper
- crunch
- curb
- difficulty
- disadvantage
- drag
- drawback
- fix
- glitch
- brew
- goulash
- hash
- jumble
- medley
- mishmash
- mulligan
- mélange
- olio
- pasticcio
- pie
- potpourri
- salmagundi
- soup
- bewilderment
- bind
- bottleneck
- choke point
- contingency
- crossroad
- dilemma
- distress
- embarrassment
- emergency
- exigency
- extremity
- hardship
- hole
- mess
- mystification
- pass
- perplexity
- coil
- complication
- entanglement
- jam
- jungle
- labyrinth
- mass
- mat
- maze
- mesh
- mess
- mix-up
- morass
- muddle
- rummage
- skein
- snag
- snarl
- bashfulness
- quiet
- reserve
- timidness
- activity
- agitation
- ailment
- ants
- antsiness
- anxiety
- bustle
- disquiet
- disquietude
- disturbance
- edginess
- excitability
- ferment
- fitfulness
- fretfulness
- hurry
- inconstancy
- inquietude
- agitation
- alarm
- angst
- anxiety
- apprehension
- compunction
- constraint
- disbelief
- discomfort
- discontent
- displeasure
- disquiet
- disquietude
- doubt
- dread
- dyspathy
- dysphoria
- embarrassment
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