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UNGRACEFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ungracefulness mean?
• UNGRACEFULNESS (noun)
The noun UNGRACEFULNESS has 1 sense:
1. an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression
Familiarity information: UNGRACEFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
gracelessness; ungracefulness
Hypernyms ("ungracefulness" is a kind of...):
awkwardness; clumsiness (the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant)
Derivation:
ungraceful (lacking grace; clumsy)
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