graceless Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite lacking graciousness
unpleasing.
- a totally graceless hostess
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adjective satellite lacking grace; clumsy
ungraceful.
- a graceless production of the play
- his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter Scott
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adjective satellite lacking social polish
unpolished; gauche.
- too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate
- their excellent manners always made me feel gauche
WordNet
Grace"less adjective
Definitions
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Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt. "In a graceless age." Milton. -
Unfortunate. Cf. Obs. Chaucer. --Grace , n., 4.Grace"less*ly , adv. --Grace"less-ness , n.