noun
Meaning 1
The state of being graceless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gracelessness
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noun
Meaning 2
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, stiffness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inelegance
Narrower terms: woodenness, rusticity, gaucherie
noun
Meaning 3
an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ungracefulness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: awkwardness, clumsiness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English graceless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English gracelessness From graceless + -ness.