Definitions for gracelessˈgreɪs lɪs

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

grace•lessˈgreɪs lɪs(adj.)

  1. lacking grace, pleasing elegance, or charm.

  2. without any sense of right or propriety.

Origin of graceless:

1325–75

grace′less•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. graceless, unpleasing(adj)

    lacking graciousness

    "a totally graceless hostess"

  2. graceless, ungraceful(adj)

    lacking grace; clumsy

    "a graceless production of the play"; "his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter Scott

  3. gauche, graceless, unpolished(adj)

    lacking social polish

    "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"

Wiktionary

  1. graceless(Adjective)

    without grace

Webster Dictionary

  1. Graceless(adj)

    wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt

  2. Graceless(adj)

    unfortunate. Cf. Grace, n., 4


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