gracelessness

Examples

• All

• I look at my thick fingers trying to line up in a row for an A major chord and curse my gracelessness.

  Blog text (27)

• Like him was I, these sloping shoulders, this gracelessness.

  Bloom (2003)

• We all die, in the end, and the grace or gracelessness with which we leave is meat only for the morbid.

  Academic text (1994)

• For all his puppy-dog gracelessness, and despite the deceptive ease she had fixing his teeth, she came to appreciate this man's royal recalcitrance.

  Fiction book (1995)

• All that day I had studied the land, musing upon its distinctive qualities, and while I acknowledged the natural beauty of it, I revolted from the gracelessness of its human habitations.

  Academic text (2006)

• She tried to hide her gracelessness in conversation, but it was evident.

• The gracelessness of the new design made it unpopular among customers.

Synonyms

C

clumsiness

vsgracelessness

3 3.3

Lack of smooth, graceful movement or behavior that looks awkward

includes that physical awkwardness but also poor manners and style

A

awkwardness

vsgracelessness

2 3.6

Lack of skill or grace when moving, often causing trips

focuses more on unpleasant lack of elegance or refinement beyond clumsiness

S

stiffness

vsgracelessness

1 4.9

An awkward way of moving or speaking that shows nervousness

is broader, implying general lack of elegance rather than temporary tension

C

classlessness

vsgracelessness

• Offensive

1 8.1

Rude behavior or dress that shows no good taste

is similar but puts less weight on offensiveness and more on ugliness

U

ungainliness

vsgracelessness

1 7.7

Lack of grace in movement or posture that looks clumsy

covers both movement awkwardness and poor social manners more broadly

G

gaucherie

vsgracelessness

1 9.9

Awkward or rude behavior in social situations that makes people feel uncomfortable

is not limited to social tact and also covers physical ungainliness

O

oafishness

vsgracelessness

1 8.3

Clumsy, awkward actions that make other people feel uncomfortable

is less personal, covering general lack of elegance rather than roughness

G

gaucheness

vsgracelessness

1 8.6

Awkward behaviour that shows little social skill

is wider, including awkward movement as well as untidy social manner

I

inelegance

vsgracelessness

1 7.1

A lack of grace, good taste, or neatness

adds a stronger sense of being unpleasant rather than merely plain

G

gawkiness

vsgracelessness

1 7.4

Clumsy movement or posture that looks uncomfortable

is broader, also including lack of refinement in behavior or form

I

indecorousness

vsgracelessness

• Formal

1 9.9

Lack of polite behavior or good taste

is wider, also including awkward movement and physical lack of elegance

U

ungraciousness

vsgracelessness

1 8.1

Being rude and not polite to other people

is broader, covering both rudeness and lacking elegance in movement or form

U

ungracefulness

vsgracelessness

6.5

A clumsy, awkward way of moving or looking

is more negative, stressing unpleasant lack of elegance and refinement

Antonyms

G

gracefulness

1 3.2

A smooth, attractive way of moving like a dancer or swan

How Graceful

elegance

48 3.5

gracefulness

1 3.2

gracelessness

1 7.1

awkwardness

24 4.5

clumsiness

3 3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology