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GRACELESS
gauche, graceless, unpolished
(adjective) lacking social polish; “too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate”; “their excellent manners always made me feel gauche”
graceless, ungraceful
(adjective) lacking grace; clumsy; “a graceless production of the play”; “his stature low...his bearing ungraceful”- Sir Walter Scott
graceless
(adjective) lacking graciousness; “a totally graceless hostess”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
graceless (comparative more graceless, superlative most graceless)
Without grace.
Lacking gracefulness
(archaic) Unfortunate.
Synonyms
• clumsy
Antonyms
• graceful
Source: Wiktionary
Grace"less, a.
1. Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt. "In a graceless age." Milton.
2. Unfortunate. Cf. Grace, n., 4. [Obs.] Chaucer.
– Grace"less*ly, adv.
– Grace"less-ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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