graceless
lacking grace, pleasing elegance, or charm.
without any sense of right or propriety.
Origin of graceless
1Other words from graceless
- grace·less·ly, adverb
- grace·less·ness, noun
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How to use graceless in a sentence
Now, there are many reasons why this gracelessness of young children should be pretty and sympathetic to us.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonOne alone I have gracelessness—not to dispute—but to wish to extend.
The Life of Francis Thompson | Everard MeynellThe matter which had taken Mr. Carlyle thither was entered upon immediately—Francis Levison, his debts, and his gracelessness.
East Lynne | Mrs. Henry WoodSo that one would think a very little grace might serve to cure such a fruitless sin: and therefore it is a sign of gracelessness.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) | Richard BaxterThis dancing is to the ballet of civilized lands what the gracelessness of Egypt was to the grace of Greece.
British Dictionary definitions for graceless
/ (ˈɡreɪslɪs) /
lacking any sense of right and wrong; depraved
lacking grace or excellence
Derived forms of graceless
- gracelessly, adverb
- gracelessness, noun
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