Antonyms for knack

Grammar : Noun

Spell : nak

Phonetic Transcription : næk

Definition of knack

Origin : mid-14c., "deception, trick, device," of uncertain origin, probably from a Low German word meaning "a sharp sounding blow" (cf. Middle English knak, late 14c.; German knacken "to crack"), of imitative origin. Sense of "special skill" is first recorded 1580s, if this is in fact the same word.

noun ability, talent

Example sentences :

Yet do I know what a task I have undertaken, because of the knack you are noted for at writing.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

I said it required a knack or a genius or something and that I was certain you had it.
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Nothing is more important to good teaching than the knack of apt illustration.
Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper

The Moors brought the knack from the ancient city of Damascus.
Extract from : « Getting to know Spain » by Dee Day

Did we children of Boccaccio impart to you that knack for practical joking?
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various

Some folks have a knack of seeing sperrits, and then agin some hasn't.
Extract from : « Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5 » by Louisa M. Alcott

It is a knack, and I began to improve and had fewer upsettings.
Extract from : « The Land of the Long Night » by Paul du Chaillu

I have never had the knack of drawing much affection to myself.
Extract from : « Grandmother Dear » by Mrs. Molesworth

It's yourself that has the knack of always getting into the thick of it.
Extract from : « Under Wellington's Command » by G. A. Henty

There is a knack in the use of the dividers, where accuracy is wanted, and where the surface is of wood.
Extract from : « Carpentry for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe

Synonyms for knack

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