Gracelessness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being graceless. countable, uncountable

    "He was aware of his ugliness, his gracelessness, a bundle of bones in filthy underclothes sitting weeping in the harsh white light: but he could not stop himself."

  2. 2
    the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) wordnet
  3. 3
    an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression wordnet

Synonyms

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awkwardnessawkwardnessbad tastebarbarismcacophonyclumsiness

Example

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"He was aware of his ugliness, his gracelessness, a bundle of bones in filthy underclothes sitting weeping in the harsh white light: but he could not stop himself."

Etymology

From graceless + -ness.

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