Meanings
plural gracelessnesses
- countableuncountableThe state of being graceless.
He was aware of his ugliness, his gracelessness, a bundle of bones in filthy underclothes sitting weeping in the harsh white light: but he could not stop himself.
1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, Part Three, Chapter 3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression
nounthe inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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gracelessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gracelessness
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