ungraceful

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adjective

Not graceful; lacking grace.

Similar
gracelessawkward
OriginEnglish graceful ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveungraceful (comparative more ungraceful, superlative most ungraceful)

comparative more ungraceful · superlative most ungraceful

  1. colloquialnonstandardNot graceful; lacking grace.

    Synonyms: graceless

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot graceful; lacking grace.

Similar
graceless

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivelacking grace; clumsy

Similar
gracelessawkward
Also see
awkwardgawkygracelessuneasy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishgraceful
  9. Englishungraceful

From un- + graceful.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 笨拙
  • 笨拙 (bènzhuō, bènzhuó)not graceful, lacking grace
Italian sgraziato
  • sgraziatonot graceful, lacking grace
Scottish Gaelic mì-innealta
  • mì-innealtanot graceful, lacking grace

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

fulgurance
Cite this entry
APA

ungraceful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungraceful

MLA

“ungraceful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungraceful. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ungraceful,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ungraceful.

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