Tom is so naive that his gauche manners can hardly offend anyone.
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Gauche
//ɡəʊʃ//
Synonyms for "gauche" (118 found)
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1 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- груб adj (awkward, bumbling)
- нетактичен adj (awkward, bumbling)
Chinese
1 entries- 粗魯的 /粗鲁的 adj (awkward, bumbling)
Czech
2 entries- neobratný adj (awkward, bumbling)
- neohrabaný adj (awkward, bumbling)
Esperanto
1 entries- plumpa adj (awkward, bumbling)
Estonian
1 entries- taktitu adj (awkward, bumbling)
Finnish
3 entries- kömpelö adj (awkward, bumbling)
- moukkamainen adj (awkward, bumbling)
- tahditon adj (awkward, bumbling)
French
1 entries- gauche adj (awkward, bumbling)
Georgian
1 entries- ხეპრე adj (awkward, bumbling)
German
3 entries- linkisch adj (awkward, bumbling)
- plump adj (awkward, bumbling)
- unbeholfen adj (awkward, bumbling)
Ido
1 entries- ne-habila adj (awkward, bumbling)
Māori
1 entries- tāhapa adj (awkward, bumbling)
Portuguese
1 entries- desajeitado adj (awkward, bumbling)
Russian
2 entries- неуклю́жий adj (awkward, bumbling)
- неуме́лый adj (awkward, bumbling)
Spanish
1 entries- torpe adj (awkward, bumbling)
Swedish
2 entries- fumlig adj (awkward, bumbling)
- taktlös adj (awkward, bumbling)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
A Parliamentary Minister is a man trained by elaborate practice not to blurt out crude things, and an English Parliament is an assembly which particularly dislikes anything gauche or anything imprudent.
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I am so gauche with these wretched baubles.
Source: tatoeba (11877832)
"Oh, what are you like? You're so gauche!" she laughed. "Here, read this." She threw a book towards me. I caught it. "What is it?" "A sodding book! What do you think it is?"
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