Gaucheness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡˈoʊʃnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡˈəʊʃnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡˈəʊʃnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /ɡˈoʊʃnəs/.

Examples

the whole town was famous for its crudeness

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

crudeness crudity

Parts of Speech

noun	an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement “the whole town was famous for its crudeness”

Word Forms

crude	adjective	conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
gauche	adjective	lacking social polish

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Unbeholfenheit

eine unhöfliche Art, die vulgär ist und es an Takt oder Raffinesse mangelt

🇫🇷French

gaucherie

une manière impolie, vulgaire et manquant de tact ou de raffinement

🇪🇸Spanish

torpeza

una manera descortés que es vulgar y carece de tacto o refinamiento

🇮🇹Italian

goffaggine

un modo scortese, volgare e privo di tatto o raffinatezza

🇳🇱Dutch

onhandigheid

een onbeleefde manier van doen die vulgair is en geen tact of verfijning heeft

🇵🇹Portuguese

desajeitado

uma maneira indelicada que é vulgar e sem tato ou refinamento

🇷🇺Russian

бестактность

невежливая манера, вульгарная, лишенная такта или утонченности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भद्दापन

एक असभ्य ढंग जो अशिष्ट है और जिसमें चातुर्य या परिष्कार का अभाव है

🇮🇳Tamil

கசப்புத்தன்மை

மோசமான மற்றும் தந்திரோபாயம் அல்லது சுத்திகரிப்பு இல்லாத ஒரு ஒழுக்கமற்ற முறை

🇮🇳Telugu

గౌచెనెస్

అసభ్యకరమైన మరియు వ్యూహం లేదా శుద్ధీకరణ లేని అసభ్యకరమైన పద్ధతి

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગૌચેનેસ

એક અશિષ્ટ રીત કે જે અસંસ્કારી છે અને યુક્તિ અથવા સંસ્કારિતાનો અભાવ છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗೌಚೆತನ

ಅಸಭ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಚಾತುರ್ಯ ಅಥವಾ ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಣೆಯ ಕೊರತೆಯಿರುವ ಅಸಭ್ಯ ವಿಧಾನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗൗഷെനസ്സ്

അശ്ലീലവും നയമോ ശുദ്ധീകരണമോ ഇല്ലാത്തതുമായ ഒരു മര്യാദയില്ലാത്ത രീതി

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

粗俗

粗俗、缺乏机智或文雅的不礼貌行为

🇯🇵Japanese

薄っぺらさ

下品で、機転や洗練に欠ける無礼な態度

🇰🇷Korean

천박함

저속하고 재치나 세련미가 부족한 무례한 태도

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự vụng về

một cách bất lịch sự thô tục và thiếu tế nhị hoặc tinh tế

🇹🇭Thai

ความโกลาหล

ท่าทางไม่สุภาพที่หยาบคายและขาดไหวพริบหรือความประณีต

🇮🇩Indonesian

keburukan

cara tidak sopan yang vulgar dan kurang bijaksana atau halus

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خجل

أسلوب غير مهذب ومبتذل ويفتقر إلى اللباقة أو التهذيب

🇮🇷Persian

نازک بودن

رفتاری بی ادبانه که مبتذل و فاقد درایت یا ظرافت است

🇹🇷Turkish

kabalık

kaba ve nezaketten veya incelikten yoksun, kaba bir tavır

🇮🇱Hebrew

חוצפה

אופן לא מנומס שהוא וולגרי וחסר טקט או עידון

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The primary meaning of 'gaucheness' is 'an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement'.

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