gracelessness

Thân thiện

A dancer's gracelessness made the audience wince.

Definition

Noun: 1. The quality of lacking grace, elegance, or charm: It refers to an awkward, clumsy, or unrefined manner in movement, behavior, or expression. 2. The state of being socially inept or tactless: It can describe a lack of poise or courtesy in social situations.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The gracelessness of his apology made the situation worse.
  • She moved with an unexpected gracelessness, knocking over the vase.
  • The critic noted the gracelessness of the building's design.

Advanced Usage

• "with gracelessness": Used to describe an action performed in an awkward or clumsy manner.
  • He accepted the award with surprising gracelessness.
• "sheer gracelessness": Emphasizes the complete and utter lack of grace.
  • The comment was a masterpiece of sheer gracelessness.

Variants and Related Words

• Graceless (adj): Lacking grace, elegance, or charm; awkward or tactless.
  • His graceless behavior offended the guests.
• Grace (n): The quality of moving, behaving, or speaking in a smooth, elegant, and pleasing way; courteous goodwill.
  • She handled the pressure with remarkable grace.

Synonyms

• Awkwardness
• Clumsiness
• Inelegance
• Ungainliness
• Tactlessness

Antonyms

• Grace
• Elegance
• Poise
• Refinement
• Tact

Related Idioms and Phrases

• To have the gracelessness of a [clumsy animal/object]: A simile used to emphasize extreme awkwardness.
  • He danced with the gracelessness of a newborn giraffe.

Học thuật

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• awkwardness
• clumsiness
• stiffness
• ungracefulness