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Synonyms for graceless

Grammar : Adj
Spell : greys-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgreɪs lɪs

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Définition of graceless

Origin :
  • late 14c., "not in a state of grace," from grace (n.) + -less. Meaning "wanting charm or elegance" is from 1630s. Related: Gracelessly; gracelessness.
  • adj clumsy, unsophisticated
Example sentences :
  • Why, those are my clothes you are wearing, you graceless rascal!
  • Extract from : « The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions » by J. Smeaton Chase
  • The old man was now thoroughly angry with the graceless youth.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • Those will be mine, precisely, when I talk to my graceless nephew.
  • Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • So, brethren, a graceless elder is a curse instead of a blessing.
  • Extract from : « Gathering Jewels » by James Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles
  • Michael Ako was a most graceless fellow, and it was his influence which had excluded Father Hennepin from the canoe.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • My uncle and his graceless son were engaged in a scheme to rob me.
  • Extract from : « Seek and Find » by Oliver Optic
  • Whoever this graceless scamp was, he was not the lieutenant of rangers.
  • Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine
  • Yes; I do believe that you are that graceless young monkey, Dick!
  • Extract from : « Dick Cheveley » by W. H. G. Kingston
  • At one time I thought of her for that graceless puppy of mine.
  • Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • As for Tom, that graceless scamp, I never could stomach him.
  • Extract from : « Richard Carvel, Complete » by Winston Churchill

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