awkwardness



bother, embarrassment, humiliation, impracticality, inconvenience, inelegance, ineptitude, mortification, ponderousness, trouble ,

   dully - coldly, endlessly, evenly, heartlessly, heavily, in a rut, indifferently, monotonously, pointlessly, routinely, slowly, superficially ,

   touted - aggrandized, amplified, ballyhooed, disproportionate, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, grandiloquent, high-flown, hyperbolic, inflated, inordinate, magnified,

   marquee - arc, canopy, cover, flood, floodlight, gelatin, lights, limelight, medium, spot, spotlight, tent ,

   after which - on, upon, wherefore, whereupon ,

   bather - bathing beauty, diver, frogman, mermaid ,

   motorway - alley, alleyway, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, avenue, belt highway, blind alley, boulevard, bypass, byway, carriageway, causeway, circumferential,

   waiting for - agape, agog, anticipating, anticipatory, certain, confident, eager, expectant, expecting, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, gaping, hopeful, not surprised,

   never touch - abstain, avoid, do without, eschew, forbear, forgo, hold back, keep from, let alone, not touch, pass up, refrain, shun, spare, stand aloof,

   quicksands - ledge, pitfall, quicksand, reef, sandbank, sandbar, shoal, snag, undercurrent, undertow ,

   fabled - acclaimed, celebrated, distinguished, famed, famous, far-famed, far-heard, honoured, legendary, marked, much acclaimed, mythical, notable, noted, notorious,