graceless

Examples

• All

• Scott's hands are huge and heavy on her waist, making her feel graceless.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Everything about her seemed wrong: a graceless conglomeration of sharp angles and plain features.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Listen, we all have our graceless moments while driving.

  DoctorRamani

• Current toys are made of a graceless material, the product of chemistry, not of nature.

  Academic text (1998)

• I burst into a graceless fit of laughter.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Every leap she had ever made seemed earthbound to her now, every move graceless and empty.

  Fiction book (1992)

• It's stuffed with heavy, graceless furniture as well as lots of coffee tables covered with knickknacks.

  Fiction book (1990)

• But their walk was a noisy, graceless shamble, and their words came out too fast, twisted around a strange, inhuman tongue.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Without a word, Douglas Wellesley crashed backward off the stool and landed in a graceless heap on the floor.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The dancer crashed to the stairs in a graceless heap, staring up at the new crewman with a startled and irritated expression.

  Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

A

awkward

vsgraceless

33 3.0

Not graceful in movement or action

also covers lack of social polish and formal elegance

C

clumsy

vsgraceless

21 3.2

Saying or writing things in an awkward, not skillful way that causes embarrassment

adds a social polish and refined style dimension

U

uncouth

vsgraceless

• Offensive

10 8.4

Not polite or well behaved in a rough way

is less about coarse manners and more about lacking elegant movement

I

inelegant

vsgraceless

5 4.9

Not graceful or pleasing in style

stresses awkward behavior and social polish loss as well as poor looks

G

gawky

vsgraceless

5 6.5

Moving or standing in a clumsy way

is broader, covering awkwardness in manners and overall style

U

ungainly

vsgraceless

4 7.3

Moving or looking awkward and clumsy

also implies poor social polish and lack of elegance

U

unpolished

vsgraceless

4 4.4

Rough in behavior, skill, or looks and awkward in social situations

focuses more on roughness than social awkwardness or clumsiness

C

charmless

vsgraceless

2 4.2

Not pleasant or attractive

relates more to manners and clumsy behavior than simple appeal

G

gauche

vsgraceless

1 8.6

Uncomfortable in social situations and likely to say the wrong thing

emphasizes physical clumsiness and lack of elegant movement instead

U

ungraceful

vsgraceless

1 4.9

Showing awkward, not smooth movement or shape

includes social polish and general elegance beyond mere movement

S

styleless

vsgraceless

1 6.0

Having a plain look that is not fashionable

focuses on lack of social polish and physical awkwardness instead

U

unstylish

vsgraceless

1 3.7

Not fashionable or elegant in appearance

is more about social polish and movement awkwardness than fashion

U

unelegant

vsgraceless

6.6

Not graceful or stylish

covers awkward behavior and social polish loss too

G

glamourless

vsgraceless

5.5

Looks plain and not attractive or exciting

is focused on showy appeal rather than social polish or movement

Antonyms

G

graceful

87 2.8

Movement that is smooth and attractive like a dancer or swan

How Graceful

elegant

165 3.3

graceful

87 2.8

graceless

4 4.6

awkward

33 3.0

clumsy

73 1.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology