Word: awkwardness
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: awk
ward
ness
Definition: The quality of an embarrassing situation.
Morphemes:
Affix: awk
Language: en
Meaning: odd, clumsy
Affix: -ward
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming adjectives, as in "a backward look; the northward road", etc; used even by speakers who usually use -wards for adverbs.
Affix: -ness
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective); the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -atjaną
Language: gem-pro
Decoded: -atjana
Meaning: -atjaną
Affix: -þuz
Language: gem-pro
Decoded: -thuz
Meaning: -þuz