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graceless

2 syllables
adjective
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As an adjective, graceless means without grace.

Meanings of graceless

6 meanings

adjective

  1. Without grace.

  2. Lacking gracefulness.

  3. Without the grace of God.

  4. Lacking grace; clumsy

    “a graceless production of the play”

    “his stature low … his bearing ungraceful”

    Similar: ungraceful

  5. Lacking social polish

    “too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate”

    “their excellent manners always made me feel gauche”

    Similar: gauche, unpolished
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. archaicUnfortunate.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: lacking grace; clumsy
ungraceful
adjective: lacking social polish
gaucheunpolished

Words that rhyme with graceless

facelessbaseless

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