graceless

  • 1Graceless — Grace less, a. 1. Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt. In a graceless age. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Unfortunate. Cf. {Grace}, n., 4. [Obs.] Chaucer. {Grace less*ly}, adv. {Grace… …

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  • 2graceless — index dissolute, immoral, inelegant, pedestrian, unbecoming, uncouth Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3graceless — late 14c., not in a state of grace, from GRACE (Cf. grace) + LESS (Cf. less). Meaning wanting charm or elegance is from 1630s. Related: Gracelessly; gracelessness …

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  • 4graceless — [adj] clumsy, unsophisticated awkward, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, clunky*, coarse, corrupt, crude*, forced, gauche, gawky*, ill mannered, improper, indecorous, inelegant, inept, infelicitous, klutzy*, loutish, oafish, outlandish,… …

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  • 5graceless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking grace, elegance, or charm. DERIVATIVES gracelessly adverb gracelessness noun …

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  • 6graceless — [grās′lis] adj. 1. lacking any sense of what is right or proper 2. without grace; clumsy or inelegant gracelessly adv. gracelessness n …

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  • 7graceless — [[t]gre͟ɪsləs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is graceless is unattractive and not at all interesting or charming. It was a massive, graceless house. Ant: graceful 2) ADJ GRADED A graceless movement is clumsy and uncontrolled. ...a graceless… …

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  • 8graceless — grace|less [ˈgreısləs] adj 1.) not being polite, especially when someone has been kind to you ▪ He was bad tempered and graceless in defeat. 2.) moving or doing something in a way that seems awkward ≠ ↑graceful ▪ The soldiers were graceless with… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9graceless — adjective 1 not being polite, especially when someone has been kind to you: She was utterly graceless, showing no gratitude for all we had done. 2 moving or doing something in a way that seems awkward 3 something that is graceless is unattractive …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10graceless — adjective Date: 14th century 1. lacking in divine grace ; immoral, unregenerate 2. a. lacking a sense of propriety < a graceless accusation > b. devoid of attractive qualities 3. artistically inept or unbeautiful < graceless dancing > • …

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