Definition of graceless in English:

graceless

adjective ˈɡreɪsləsˈɡreɪsləs

Lacking grace, elegance, or charm.
没有风度的，不优雅的；缺乏魅力的
he wanted to speak so as not to seem sullen or graceless
she let loose a graceless snort
Example sentencesExamples
- I mumbled something about Paris, Rome, and Venice and immediately felt graceless and ashamed.
- A sectional drawing by Tatham shows the rather graceless inner facade to the courtyard of the new wing, which contained an entrance archway and porter's lodge on the ground floor, and picture gallery above.
- It was graceless behaviour that marred his image as a potential leader in 2007.
- They're graceless, unrewarding, and seemingly deliberately make it almost impossible for anyone to want to keep on trying to help them for long.
- Tash bit her lip, feeling her words were graceless and awkward, when her gratitude was so much more.
- But his insulting treatment of a key ally shows him to be irresponsible, graceless and obsessively bent on winning office at all costs.
- Unlike the graceless modern architecture that is springing up all over the place, an 80-year-old cellar provides instant ambience.
- In reality, we are so incensed at the ungrateful treatment we have received and the graceless way in which it has been done that we have withdrawn our support.
- Though Thomas received much criticism and admitted later that the graceless exit was unsportsman-like, Thomas has never publicly apologized.
- There is no age, not even youth, that excuses or condones such graceless disregard for the paths walked by our fellow man and I fear no amount of ‘education’ will shine a light in the minds of such fools.
- Brash, graceless and ignorant, she's all the things that middle England hates and fears from inner-city working-class Britain’.
- She made a graceless comment a few days ago, to the effect that she doesn't expect much of a speech, but several hundred Republicans will cheer no matter how mediocre he is.
- In fact, she generally looks pretty graceless whenever she moves - a bit like a top-heavy giraffe.
- To bicker senselessly and be sore losers is as pathetic as it is graceless.
- He is instinctively suspicious and graceless even in a determinedly soft interview.
- Needless to say, anyone shown to be a member of the former camp is depicted as being vapid, graceless, and generally without any redeeming values, while those in the latter group are kind, intelligent, and well-adjusted.
- When luck is something you inherit or buy, grumbling at the complaints of the less fortunate is graceless, to say the least.
- ‘Aye, the good princess is a graceless, vexing little imp! ‘said the woman.’
- This seemed to be the real Frank, grumpy, graceless, self-pitying and desperate to get away from his wife and kids.
- He is not a bad dancer - his sweeping candelabra arms and rapid footwork bring nuggets of pleasure - but at times he is oddly graceless, his long arms and toned torso mismatched by a pair of surprisingly stubby wee legs.
Synonyms
gauche, maladroit, inept, socially awkward, socially inept, socially unsure, lacking in social graces, unpolished, unsophisticated, uncultured, uncultivated, unrefined
clumsy, awkward, ungainly, ungraceful, inelegant, uncoordinated, gawky, gangling, bumbling, blundering, lumbering
tactless, thoughtless, inconsiderate
inexperienced, raw, uneducated, unworldly
nervous, shy, bashful
British nervy
informal cack-handed, ham-fisted, ham-handed, butterfingered

Derivatives

gracelessly

adverb

For days afterwards the thought of the galloping Kimberly made me smile: it's not every day you come across somebody so dementedly and gracelessly determined to be seen with the right person.
Example sentencesExamples
- On my second test, I had to swerve gracelessly to miss an old lady and ended up on the kerb with the front end of the car wedged under a rhododendron bush.
- But if we just gracelessly and abruptly climbed-down from our position right now, that really would have very serious consequences both for us and for the entire world order.
- By forcing the male characters to pretend to be something they're not, the men performed awkwardly and gracelessly.
- Then, just as the sliding door started to automatically close the lady's legs buckled and she slid rather gracelessly to the floor, her head hitting the now almost closed door on the way down.

gracelessness

noun

His post filled me with an unfortunate sense of loss as I considered the gracelessness of our current popular culture.
Example sentencesExamples
- For her, the film is not a directorial debut, but it is constructed with the clumsiness and gracelessness of one.
- Then with the gracefulness, or shall I say gracelessness of a lumberjack they grabbed Mark from under his arms and lifted him clear off the floor.
- They bring a sense of confrontation rather then conciliation, belligerence rather than humility and gracelessness rather than gracefulness.

Definition of graceless in US English:

graceless

adjectiveˈɡrāsləsˈɡreɪsləs

Lacking grace, elegance, or charm.
没有风度的，不优雅的；缺乏魅力的
he wanted to speak so as not to seem sullen or graceless
she let loose a graceless snort
Example sentencesExamples
- This seemed to be the real Frank, grumpy, graceless, self-pitying and desperate to get away from his wife and kids.
- He is instinctively suspicious and graceless even in a determinedly soft interview.
- To bicker senselessly and be sore losers is as pathetic as it is graceless.
- ‘Aye, the good princess is a graceless, vexing little imp! ‘said the woman.’
- A sectional drawing by Tatham shows the rather graceless inner facade to the courtyard of the new wing, which contained an entrance archway and porter's lodge on the ground floor, and picture gallery above.
- Unlike the graceless modern architecture that is springing up all over the place, an 80-year-old cellar provides instant ambience.
- It was graceless behaviour that marred his image as a potential leader in 2007.
- When luck is something you inherit or buy, grumbling at the complaints of the less fortunate is graceless, to say the least.
- But his insulting treatment of a key ally shows him to be irresponsible, graceless and obsessively bent on winning office at all costs.
- He is not a bad dancer - his sweeping candelabra arms and rapid footwork bring nuggets of pleasure - but at times he is oddly graceless, his long arms and toned torso mismatched by a pair of surprisingly stubby wee legs.
- In fact, she generally looks pretty graceless whenever she moves - a bit like a top-heavy giraffe.
- She made a graceless comment a few days ago, to the effect that she doesn't expect much of a speech, but several hundred Republicans will cheer no matter how mediocre he is.
- Though Thomas received much criticism and admitted later that the graceless exit was unsportsman-like, Thomas has never publicly apologized.
- Tash bit her lip, feeling her words were graceless and awkward, when her gratitude was so much more.
- Needless to say, anyone shown to be a member of the former camp is depicted as being vapid, graceless, and generally without any redeeming values, while those in the latter group are kind, intelligent, and well-adjusted.
- They're graceless, unrewarding, and seemingly deliberately make it almost impossible for anyone to want to keep on trying to help them for long.
- In reality, we are so incensed at the ungrateful treatment we have received and the graceless way in which it has been done that we have withdrawn our support.
- I mumbled something about Paris, Rome, and Venice and immediately felt graceless and ashamed.
- There is no age, not even youth, that excuses or condones such graceless disregard for the paths walked by our fellow man and I fear no amount of ‘education’ will shine a light in the minds of such fools.
- Brash, graceless and ignorant, she's all the things that middle England hates and fears from inner-city working-class Britain’.
Synonyms
gauche, maladroit, inept, socially awkward, socially inept, socially unsure, lacking in social graces, unpolished, unsophisticated, uncultured, uncultivated, unrefined

单词	graceless
释义	Definition of graceless in English: graceless adjective ˈɡreɪsləsˈɡreɪsləs Lacking grace, elegance, or charm. 没有风度的，不优雅的；缺乏魅力的 he wanted to speak so as not to seem sullen or graceless she let loose a graceless snort Example sentencesExamples I mumbled something about Paris, Rome, and Venice and immediately felt graceless and ashamed. A sectional drawing by Tatham shows the rather graceless inner facade to the courtyard of the new wing, which contained an entrance archway and porter's lodge on the ground floor, and picture gallery above. It was graceless behaviour that marred his image as a potential leader in 2007. They're graceless, unrewarding, and seemingly deliberately make it almost impossible for anyone to want to keep on trying to help them for long. Tash bit her lip, feeling her words were graceless and awkward, when her gratitude was so much more. But his insulting treatment of a key ally shows him to be irresponsible, graceless and obsessively bent on winning office at all costs. Unlike the graceless modern architecture that is springing up all over the place, an 80-year-old cellar provides instant ambience. In reality, we are so incensed at the ungrateful treatment we have received and the graceless way in which it has been done that we have withdrawn our support. Though Thomas received much criticism and admitted later that the graceless exit was unsportsman-like, Thomas has never publicly apologized. There is no age, not even youth, that excuses or condones such graceless disregard for the paths walked by our fellow man and I fear no amount of ‘education’ will shine a light in the minds of such fools. Brash, graceless and ignorant, she's all the things that middle England hates and fears from inner-city working-class Britain’. She made a graceless comment a few days ago, to the effect that she doesn't expect much of a speech, but several hundred Republicans will cheer no matter how mediocre he is. In fact, she generally looks pretty graceless whenever she moves - a bit like a top-heavy giraffe. To bicker senselessly and be sore losers is as pathetic as it is graceless. He is instinctively suspicious and graceless even in a determinedly soft interview. Needless to say, anyone shown to be a member of the former camp is depicted as being vapid, graceless, and generally without any redeeming values, while those in the latter group are kind, intelligent, and well-adjusted. When luck is something you inherit or buy, grumbling at the complaints of the less fortunate is graceless, to say the least. ‘Aye, the good princess is a graceless, vexing little imp! ‘said the woman.’ This seemed to be the real Frank, grumpy, graceless, self-pitying and desperate to get away from his wife and kids. He is not a bad dancer - his sweeping candelabra arms and rapid footwork bring nuggets of pleasure - but at times he is oddly graceless, his long arms and toned torso mismatched by a pair of surprisingly stubby wee legs. Synonyms gauche, maladroit, inept, socially awkward, socially inept, socially unsure, lacking in social graces, unpolished, unsophisticated, uncultured, uncultivated, unrefined clumsy, awkward, ungainly, ungraceful, inelegant, uncoordinated, gawky, gangling, bumbling, blundering, lumbering tactless, thoughtless, inconsiderate inexperienced, raw, uneducated, unworldly nervous, shy, bashful British nervy informal cack-handed, ham-fisted, ham-handed, butterfingered Derivatives gracelessly adverb For days afterwards the thought of the galloping Kimberly made me smile: it's not every day you come across somebody so dementedly and gracelessly determined to be seen with the right person. Example sentencesExamples On my second test, I had to swerve gracelessly to miss an old lady and ended up on the kerb with the front end of the car wedged under a rhododendron bush. But if we just gracelessly and abruptly climbed-down from our position right now, that really would have very serious consequences both for us and for the entire world order. By forcing the male characters to pretend to be something they're not, the men performed awkwardly and gracelessly. Then, just as the sliding door started to automatically close the lady's legs buckled and she slid rather gracelessly to the floor, her head hitting the now almost closed door on the way down. gracelessness noun His post filled me with an unfortunate sense of loss as I considered the gracelessness of our current popular culture. Example sentencesExamples For her, the film is not a directorial debut, but it is constructed with the clumsiness and gracelessness of one. Then with the gracefulness, or shall I say gracelessness of a lumberjack they grabbed Mark from under his arms and lifted him clear off the floor. They bring a sense of confrontation rather then conciliation, belligerence rather than humility and gracelessness rather than gracefulness. Definition of graceless in US English: graceless adjectiveˈɡrāsləsˈɡreɪsləs Lacking grace, elegance, or charm. 没有风度的，不优雅的；缺乏魅力的 he wanted to speak so as not to seem sullen or graceless she let loose a graceless snort Example sentencesExamples This seemed to be the real Frank, grumpy, graceless, self-pitying and desperate to get away from his wife and kids. He is instinctively suspicious and graceless even in a determinedly soft interview. To bicker senselessly and be sore losers is as pathetic as it is graceless. ‘Aye, the good princess is a graceless, vexing little imp! ‘said the woman.’ A sectional drawing by Tatham shows the rather graceless inner facade to the courtyard of the new wing, which contained an entrance archway and porter's lodge on the ground floor, and picture gallery above. Unlike the graceless modern architecture that is springing up all over the place, an 80-year-old cellar provides instant ambience. It was graceless behaviour that marred his image as a potential leader in 2007. When luck is something you inherit or buy, grumbling at the complaints of the less fortunate is graceless, to say the least. But his insulting treatment of a key ally shows him to be irresponsible, graceless and obsessively bent on winning office at all costs. He is not a bad dancer - his sweeping candelabra arms and rapid footwork bring nuggets of pleasure - but at times he is oddly graceless, his long arms and toned torso mismatched by a pair of surprisingly stubby wee legs. In fact, she generally looks pretty graceless whenever she moves - a bit like a top-heavy giraffe. She made a graceless comment a few days ago, to the effect that she doesn't expect much of a speech, but several hundred Republicans will cheer no matter how mediocre he is. Though Thomas received much criticism and admitted later that the graceless exit was unsportsman-like, Thomas has never publicly apologized. Tash bit her lip, feeling her words were graceless and awkward, when her gratitude was so much more. Needless to say, anyone shown to be a member of the former camp is depicted as being vapid, graceless, and generally without any redeeming values, while those in the latter group are kind, intelligent, and well-adjusted. They're graceless, unrewarding, and seemingly deliberately make it almost impossible for anyone to want to keep on trying to help them for long. In reality, we are so incensed at the ungrateful treatment we have received and the graceless way in which it has been done that we have withdrawn our support. I mumbled something about Paris, Rome, and Venice and immediately felt graceless and ashamed. There is no age, not even youth, that excuses or condones such graceless disregard for the paths walked by our fellow man and I fear no amount of ‘education’ will shine a light in the minds of such fools. Brash, graceless and ignorant, she's all the things that middle England hates and fears from inner-city working-class Britain’. Synonyms gauche, maladroit, inept, socially awkward, socially inept, socially unsure, lacking in social graces, unpolished, unsophisticated, uncultured, uncultivated, unrefined
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