Inelegant — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lacking in refinement or grace or good taste

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪnˈɛlɪɡənt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪnˈɛlɪɡənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪnˈɛlɪɡənt/

4 syllables Say it as /ɪnˈɛlɪɡənt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Antonyms

elegant

Word Forms

inelegance

noun

the quality of lacking refinement and good taste

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

unelegant

es mangelt an Raffinesse, Anmut oder gutem Geschmack

🇫🇷French

inélégant

manquant de raffinement, de grâce ou de bon goût

🇪🇸Spanish

poco elegante

carente de refinamiento o gracia o buen gusto

🇮🇹Italian

inelegante

privo di raffinatezza, di grazia o di buon gusto

🇳🇱Dutch

onelegant

zonder verfijning, gratie of goede smaak

🇵🇹Portuguese

deselegante

sem refinamento, graça ou bom gosto

🇷🇺Russian

неэлегантный

не хватает утонченности, изящества или хорошего вкуса

India

🇮🇳Hindi

असजीला

परिष्कार या अनुग्रह या अच्छे स्वाद का अभाव

🇧🇩Bengali

অমার্জিত

পরিমার্জন বা করুণা বা ভাল স্বাদ অভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

நேர்த்தியற்ற

சுத்திகரிப்பு அல்லது கருணை அல்லது நல்ல சுவை இல்லாதது

🇮🇳Telugu

అసంబద్ధమైన

శుద్ధీకరణ లేదా దయ లేదా మంచి రుచి లేకపోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

अशोभनीय

परिष्करण किंवा कृपा किंवा चांगली चव नसणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

અયોગ્ય

સંસ્કારિતા અથવા ગ્રેસ અથવા સારા સ્વાદનો અભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಲಲಿತವಲ್ಲದ

ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಣೆ ಅಥವಾ ಅನುಗ್ರಹ ಅಥವಾ ಉತ್ತಮ ಅಭಿರುಚಿಯ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഭംഗിയില്ലാത്ത

ശുദ്ധീകരണമോ കൃപയോ നല്ല രുചിയോ ഇല്ല

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਯੋਗ

ਸੁਧਾਈ ਜਾਂ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਜਾਂ ਚੰਗੇ ਸਵਾਦ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

غیر مہذب

تطہیر یا فضل یا اچھے ذائقہ کی کمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不优雅的

缺乏精致、优雅或品味

🇯🇵Japanese

上品でない

洗練や優雅さ、センスの良さが欠けている

🇰🇷Korean

우아하지 않은

세련됨이나 우아함, 좋은 취향이 부족함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không lịch sự

thiếu sự tinh tế hoặc duyên dáng hoặc hương vị tốt

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่สง่างาม

ขาดความประณีตหรือความสง่างามหรือรสนิยมที่ดี

🇮🇩Indonesian

janggal

kurang dalam kehalusan atau keanggunan atau selera yang baik

🇵🇭Filipino

inelegante

kulang sa refinement o biyaya o magandang lasa

🇲🇾Malay

tidak elegan

kurang dalam kehalusan atau rahmat atau rasa yang baik

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غير أنيق

تفتقر إلى الصقل أو النعمة أو الذوق السليم

🇮🇷Persian

بی ظرافت

فاقد ظرافت یا ظرافت یا طعم خوب

🇹🇷Turkish

zarif olmayan

incelik, zarafet veya iyi tattan yoksun

🇮🇱Hebrew

לֹא אֶלֶגָנטִי

חסר עידון או חן או טעם טוב

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The primary meaning of 'inelegant' is 'lacking in refinement or grace or good taste'.

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