Ungraceful

Ungraceful
Ungraceful Un*grace"ful, a. Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in beauty and elegance; inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful manners; ungraceful speech. [1913 Webster]

The other oak remaining a blackened and ungraceful trunk. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] -- {Un*grace"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Un*grace"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • ungraceful — ungracefully, adv. ungracefulness, n. /un grays feuhl/, adj. lacking charm or elegance; awkward. [1660 70; UN 1 + GRACEFUL] * * * …   Universalium

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  • ungraceful — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Lacking dexterity and grace in physical movement: awkward, clumsy, gawky, graceless, inept, lumpish, maladroit, ungainly. Slang: klutzy. Idiom: all thumbs. See ABILITY …   English dictionary for students

  • ungraceful — adj. lacking grace, awkward, clumsy …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ungraceful — adjective lacking in grace; clumsy. Derivatives ungracefully adverb ungracefulness noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • ungraceful — a. Stiff, constrained, awkward, clumsy, inelegant, ungainly, uncouth, gawky …   New dictionary of synonyms

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