- gracelessness
- noun see graceless
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
gracelessness
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gracelessness — graceless ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking grace, elegance, or charm. DERIVATIVES gracelessly adverb gracelessness noun … English terms dictionary
Gracelessness — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gracelessness — See gracelessly. * * * … Universalium
gracelessness — noun The state of being graceless … Wiktionary
gracelessness — n. lack of beauty, lack of grace and elegance; shamelessness; rudeness … English contemporary dictionary
gracelessness — grace·less·ness … English syllables
gracelessness — noun 1. an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression • Syn: ↑ungracefulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ungraceful (for: ↑ungracefulness) • Hypernyms: ↑awkwardness … Useful english dictionary
awkwardness — noun 1. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training • Syn: ↑clumsiness, ↑ineptness, ↑ineptitude, ↑maladroitness, ↑slowness • Derivationally related forms: ↑slow (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
clumsiness — noun 1. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training • Syn: ↑awkwardness, ↑ineptness, ↑ineptitude, ↑maladroitness, ↑slowness • Derivationally related forms: ↑slow (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
stiffness — noun 1. the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend (Freq. 1) • Derivationally related forms: ↑stiff • Hypernyms: ↑inelasticity 2. the property of moving with pain or difficulty (Freq. 1) he awoke with a painful stiffness in his… … Useful english dictionary
