[syn: awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Graceless \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"less*ness, n.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gracelessness
n 1: an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement
or expression [syn: gracelessness, ungracefulness]
2: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by
embarrassment) [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness,
gracelessness, stiffness]