Graceless
adjective
Lacking charm or elegance in movement or behavior.
Her dance was graceless and awkward, so she didn't win the competition.
Often appears as...
- graceless movement
- graceless behavior
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Disapproving
adjective
Doing something in a rude or impolite way.
His graceless comment about her weight made everyone uncomfortable.
Often appears as...
- graceless comment
- graceless act
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Disapproving
adjective
Lacking charm or elegance in movement or behavior.
Her dance was graceless and awkward, so she didn't win the competition.
Often appears as...
- graceless movement
- graceless behavior
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Doing something in a rude or impolite way.
His graceless comment about her weight made everyone uncomfortable.
Often appears as...
- graceless comment
- graceless act
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Often Negative
Used to criticize or express disapproval; rarely a compliment.
Despite practicing, his efforts remained graceless.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Awkwardness
Describes someone's clumsy physical actions, especially in arts or sports.
The athlete's graceless landing cost him points.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Clumsy
Beyond clumsy, it can hint at a lack of consideration for appearance or manner.
His graceless eating habits were off-putting at the formal dinner.
Pro Tip 1/3Often Negative
Used to criticize or express disapproval; rarely a compliment.
Despite practicing, his efforts remained graceless.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Awkwardness
Describes someone's clumsy physical actions, especially in arts or sports.
The athlete's graceless landing cost him points.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Clumsy
Beyond clumsy, it can hint at a lack of consideration for appearance or manner.
His graceless eating habits were off-putting at the formal dinner.
Pro Tip 1/3Often Negative
Used to criticize or express disapproval; rarely a compliment.
Despite practicing, his efforts remained graceless.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Awkwardness
Describes someone's clumsy physical actions, especially in arts or sports.
The athlete's graceless landing cost him points.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Clumsy
Beyond clumsy, it can hint at a lack of consideration for appearance or manner.
His graceless eating habits were off-putting at the formal dinner.
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Quote examples
Leon Krier
Luxembourger Architect
Surprisingly, the Eisenhower Memorial design contains almost none of the known Gehry-box of tricks. His giant etched chain-link curtain, first applied in 1979 to hide an ungracious parking garage at Santa Monica Place, is resurrected for Eisenhower to screen the equally graceless facade of the Department of Education.
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S. C. Gwynne
American Writer
This is who I am: a flyspeck of human vanity in a trillion miles of stone-dead interstellar space; a graceless lump of flesh and fear in a remote desert where nearly everything that I can see or touch is designed to hurt me.
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Connor Jessup
Canadian Actor
I'm very unphysical and graceless so basically if you save 10 people to be with you in a resistance movement, you would never save me. I'd be the last one.
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Alexander Pope
English Poet
For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.
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Leon Krier
Luxembourger Architect
Surprisingly, the Eisenhower Memorial design contains almost none of the known Gehry-box of tricks. His giant etched chain-link curtain, first applied in 1979 to hide an ungracious parking garage at Santa Monica Place, is resurrected for Eisenhower to screen the equally graceless facade of the Department of Education.
Quote examples
S. C. Gwynne
American Writer
This is who I am: a flyspeck of human vanity in a trillion miles of stone-dead interstellar space; a graceless lump of flesh and fear in a remote desert where nearly everything that I can see or touch is designed to hurt me.
Quote examples
Connor Jessup
Canadian Actor
I'm very unphysical and graceless so basically if you save 10 people to be with you in a resistance movement, you would never save me. I'd be the last one.
Quote examples
Alexander Pope
English Poet
For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.
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