Graceless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡɹeɪsləs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Graceless is an adjective meaning Without grace.
Meaning
Without grace.
More Meanings
- Lacking gracefulness.
- Without the grace of God.
- (archaic) Unfortunate.
Example Sentences
Current toys are made of a graceless material, the product of chemistry, not of nature.
For Modes of Faith let graceleſs Zealots fight; / His can't be wrong whoſe Life is in the right.
Not by one measure mayst thou mete our love; / For how should I be loved as I love thee? — / I, graceless, joyless, lacking absolutely / All gifts that with thy queenship best behove; — […]
There was dancing now on the canvas in the garden; old men pushing young girls backward in eternal graceless circles, superior couples holding each other tortuously, fashionably and keeping in the corners— […]
Synonyms for graceless
Depending on context, synonyms include clumsy, awkward, gauche, ungraceful, ungracious, unpolished.
Antonyms for graceless
Common opposites include graceful.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ungracious, ungraceful, unpleasing, inelegant, unpolished, gauche.
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