Home › Words › G › gawkishnessgawkishnessgawkishness means the quality of being gawkish.EtymologyFrom gawkish + -ness.nounThe quality of being gawkish.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.gawkish 80% match — gawky vs gawkishness →gawkling 75% match — One who is awkward or gawky vs gawkishness →awkwardness 73% match — The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness. vs gawkishness →ungainliness 68% match — The state of being ungainly. vs gawkishness →awkwardity 67% match — The condition of being awkward or demonstrating awkwardness. vs gawkishness →wiggishness 64% match — The quality of being wiggish. vs gawkishness →mawkishness 64% match — The property of being mawkish. vs gawkishness →gawk 64% match — A cuckoo; (sometimes by extension) any gawky bird. vs gawkishness →