[syn: gauche, graceless, unpolished]
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):
graceless
adj 1: lacking graciousness; "a totally graceless hostess" [syn:
graceless, unpleasing]
2: lacking grace; clumsy; "a graceless production of the play";
"his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter Scott
[syn: graceless, ungraceful]
3: lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the
conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners
always made me feel gauche" [syn: gauche, graceless,
unpolished]