gracelessness

Noun

Meaning

the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

clumsiness stiffness awkwardness ungracefulness inability ignorance incompetence roughness harshness barbarism slowness impropriety ineptitude coarseness rusticity
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Antonyms

grace style experience flexibility agility elegance
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Hypernyms

clumsiness awkwardness inelegance

Hyponyms

rusticity gaucherie woodenness

Examples

There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge. Patrick Campbell

There was a feeling during the years of George W. Bush's presidency that his gracelessness as well as his appetite for war were linked to his impatience with complexity. He acted 'from the gut,' and was economical with the truth until it disappeared. Teju Cole

Close letter words and terms

graceless person gracelesse gracelessly gracelike Gracelyn Gracelynn