gauche
[ gohsh ]
/ goʊʃ /
adjective
lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless: Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche.
Words nearby gauche
gatt, gatun, gatun lake, gatvol, gatún lake, gauche, gaucher's cell, gaucher's disease, gaucherie, gaucho, gaud
Origin of gauche
1745–55; < French: awkward, left; Middle French, derivative of gauchir to turn, veer < Germanic
OTHER WORDS FROM gauche
gauche·ly, adverbgauche·ness, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH gauche
gauche gouacheDefinition for gauche (2 of 2)
à gauche
[ a gohsh ]
/ a ˈgoʊʃ /
adverb French.
on or to the left-hand side.
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gauche
/ (ɡəʊʃ) /
adjective
lacking ease of manner; tactless
Derived forms of gauche
gauchely, adverbgaucheness, nounWord Origin for gauche
C18: French: awkward, left, from Old French gauchir to swerve, ultimately of Germanic origin; related to Old High German wankōn to stagger
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