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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