What does ungain mean?
Ungain means (obsolete or UK, dialect) ungainly; clumsy or awkward.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete or UK, dialect) ungainly; clumsy or awkward.
she take th ' ungain'st weas she can
an ungain, dull sort of a body,
Tom's hard, ungain, scrag-of-mutton frame; wilted, apple-john face (he always looked twenty years older than he really was), his long spider legs, as thick at the ankles as at the hips, and perfectly straight all the way down
to know a person if one leaves but a quart in a hogshead, it's two pints too much. That's my notion. But, Sir, that was but an ungain business at 'Squire Monckton's t'other morning. Every body was no-how, as one may say.
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Ungain means (obsolete or UK, dialect) ungainly; clumsy or awkward.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
she take th ' ungain'st weas she can
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