Gracelessness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression

the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈæplɔnt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡɹˈeɪsləsnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡɹˈeɪsləsnəs/

4 syllables Say it as /hˈæplɔnt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

stiffness awkwardness ungracefulness clumsiness

Word Forms

ungraceful	adjective	lacking grace; clumsy; ; - Sir Walter Scott
awkward	adjective	socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
clumsy	adjective	not elegant or graceful in expression
graceless	adjective	lacking social polish
stiff	adjective	rigidly formal

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Gnadenlosigkeit

ein unangenehmer Mangel an Anmut in Haltung, Form, Bewegung oder Ausdruck

🇫🇷French

manque de grâce

un manque de grâce désagréable dans le port, la forme, le mouvement ou l'expression

🇪🇸Spanish

falta de gracia

una desagradable falta de gracia en el porte, la forma, el movimiento o la expresión

🇮🇹Italian

sgraziatezza

una spiacevole mancanza di grazia nel portamento, nella forma, nel movimento o nell'espressione

🇳🇱Dutch

genadeloosheid

een onaangenaam gebrek aan gratie in houding of vorm of beweging of uitdrukking

🇵🇹Portuguese

falta de graça

uma desagradável falta de graça no porte, na forma, no movimento ou na expressão

🇷🇺Russian

безобразие

неприятная нехватка изящества в осанке, форме, движении или выражении лица

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अनुग्रहहीनता

गाड़ी या रूप या चाल या अभिव्यक्ति में अनुग्रह की एक अप्रिय कमी

🇧🇩Bengali

অনুগ্রহহীনতা

গাড়ি বা ফর্ম বা চলাচল বা অভিব্যক্তিতে অনুগ্রহের অপ্রীতিকর অভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

கருணையின்மை

வண்டி அல்லது வடிவம் அல்லது இயக்கம் அல்லது வெளிப்பாடு ஆகியவற்றில் கருணையின் விரும்பத்தகாத பற்றாக்குறை

🇮🇳Telugu

దయలేనితనం

క్యారేజ్ లేదా రూపం లేదా కదలిక లేదా వ్యక్తీకరణలో దయ యొక్క అసహ్యకరమైన లేకపోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

कृपाशून्यता

गाडी किंवा फॉर्म किंवा हालचाल किंवा अभिव्यक्तीमध्ये कृपेचा अप्रिय अभाव

🇮🇳Gujarati

નિષ્ઠુરતા

વાહન અથવા સ્વરૂપ અથવા ચળવળ અથવા અભિવ્યક્તિમાં ગ્રેસનો અપ્રિય અભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅನುಗ್ರಹವಿಲ್ಲದಿರುವಿಕೆ

ಗಾಡಿ ಅಥವಾ ರೂಪ ಅಥವಾ ಚಲನೆ ಅಥವಾ ಅಭಿವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅನುಗ್ರಹದ ಅಹಿತಕರ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കൃപയില്ലായ്മ

വണ്ടിയിലോ രൂപത്തിലോ ചലനത്തിലോ ഭാവത്തിലോ കൃപയുടെ അസുഖകരമായ അഭാവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਰਹਿਮਤ

ਗੱਡੀ ਜਾਂ ਰੂਪ ਜਾਂ ਅੰਦੋਲਨ ਜਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਗਟਾਵੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਕੋਝਾ ਘਾਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے رحمی

گاڑی یا شکل یا حرکت یا اظہار میں فضل کی ناخوشگوار کمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

粗鲁无礼

举止、形式、动作或表情缺乏优雅，令人不快

🇯🇵Japanese

優雅さ

身のこなし、形、動き、表現における不快な優雅さの欠如

🇰🇷Korean

우아함 없음

움직임이나 형태, 움직임이나 표현에 있어 불쾌한 우아함이 부족함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự vô duyên

sự thiếu duyên dáng khó chịu trong cách vận chuyển hoặc hình thức hoặc chuyển động hoặc biểu hiện

🇹🇭Thai

ความไร้ความสง่างาม

การขาดความสง่างามอันไม่พึงประสงค์ในการขนส่งหรือรูปแบบหรือการเคลื่อนไหวหรือการแสดงออก

🇮🇩Indonesian

ketidakberdayaan

kurangnya keanggunan yang tidak menyenangkan dalam pengangkutan atau bentuk atau gerakan atau ekspresi

🇵🇭Filipino

kawalan ng grasya

isang hindi kasiya-siyang kakulangan ng biyaya sa karwahe o anyo o paggalaw o pagpapahayag

🇲🇾Malay

ketiadaan anggun

kekurangan rahmat yang tidak menyenangkan dalam pengangkutan atau bentuk atau pergerakan atau ekspresi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

النعمة

افتقار مزعج إلى النعمة في النقل أو الشكل أو الحركة أو التعبير

🇮🇷Persian

بی لطفی

فقدان ناخوشایند لطف در حمل یا شکل یا حرکت یا بیان

🇹🇷Turkish

nezaketsizlik

taşıma veya biçim veya hareket veya ifadede hoş olmayan bir zarafet eksikliği

🇮🇱Hebrew

חוסר חן

חוסר חסד לא נעים במרכבה או בצורה או בתנועה או בהבעה

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What is the primary definition of the word 'gracelessness'?

The primary meaning of 'gracelessness' is 'an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression'.

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Using 'gracelessness' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'gracelessness' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'gracelessness' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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