Ungraceful — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lacking grace; clumsy; ; - Sir Walter Scott

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ʌŋɡɹˈeɪsfəl/

🇬🇧British English

/ʌŋɡɹˈeɪsfəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ʌŋɡɹˈeɪsfəl/

4 syllables Say it as /ʌŋɡɹˈeɪsfəl/.

Examples

a graceless production of the play
his stature low...his bearing ungraceful

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

graceless

Parts of Speech

adjective

lacking grace; clumsy; ; - Sir Walter Scott

“a graceless production of the play”

Word Forms

gracelessness	noun	the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
ungracefulness	noun	an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

unanständig

es mangelt an Gnade; unbeholfen; ; -Sir Walter Scott

🇫🇷French

disgracieux

manque de grâce; maladroit; ; - Monsieur Walter Scott

🇪🇸Spanish

feo

carente de gracia; torpe; ; -Sir Walter Scott

🇮🇹Italian

sgraziato

privo di grazia; goffo; ; - Sir Walter Scott

🇳🇱Dutch

onaangenaam

zonder genade; onhandig; ; - Heer Walter Scott

🇵🇹Portuguese

deselegante

falta de graça; desajeitado; ; -Sir Walter Scott

🇷🇺Russian

неизящный

лишен грации; неуклюжий; ; - Сэр Вальтер Скотт

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नमकहराम

अनुग्रह की कमी; अनाड़ी; ; - सर वाल्टर स्कॉट

🇧🇩Bengali

কৃপণ

অনুগ্রহের অভাব; আনাড়ি ; - স্যার ওয়াল্টার স্কট

🇮🇳Tamil

அழகற்ற

அருள் இல்லாதது; விகாரமான; ; - சர் வால்டர் ஸ்காட்

🇮🇳Telugu

అందవిహీనమైన

దయ లేకపోవడం; వికృతమైన; ; - సర్ వాల్టర్ స్కాట్

🇮🇳Marathi

कुरूप

कृपेचा अभाव; अनाड़ी ; - सर वॉल्टर स्कॉट

🇮🇳Gujarati

અપમાનજનક

કૃપાનો અભાવ; અણઘડ ; - સર વોલ્ટર સ્કોટ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೃಪೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ

ಅನುಗ್ರಹದ ಕೊರತೆ; ಬೃಹದಾಕಾರದ; ; - ಸರ್ ವಾಲ್ಟರ್ ಸ್ಕಾಟ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

കൃപയില്ലാത്ത

കൃപയില്ല; വിചിത്രമായ; ; - സർ വാൾട്ടർ സ്കോട്ട്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਦਨਾਮ

ਕਿਰਪਾ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ; ਬੇਢੰਗੇ; ; - ਸਰ ਵਾਲਟਰ ਸਕਾਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے شرم

فضل کی کمی؛ اناڑی ; - سر والٹر سکاٹ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不优雅的

缺乏恩典；笨拙; ; ——沃尔特·斯科特爵士

🇯🇵Japanese

みっともない

恵みに欠けている。不器用; ; - ウォルター・スコット卿

🇰🇷Korean

품위없는

은혜가 부족하다; 어설픈; ; - 월터 스콧 경

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không duyên dáng

thiếu ân sủng; hậu đậu; ; - Ngài Walter Scott

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่สง่างาม

ขาดพระคุณ; ซุ่มซ่าม; ; - เซอร์วอลเตอร์ สก็อตต์

🇮🇩Indonesian

tak lincah

kurang kasih karunia; kikuk; ; - Tuan Walter Scott

🇵🇭Filipino

walanghiya

kulang sa biyaya; malamya; ; - Sir Walter Scott

🇲🇾Malay

kurang budi

kurang rahmat; kekok; ; - Sir Walter Scott

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غير رشيق

تفتقر إلى النعمة. مرتبك؛ ; - السير والتر سكوت

🇮🇷Persian

نامحرم

فاقد فیض؛ دست و پا چلفتی؛ ; - سر والتر اسکات

🇹🇷Turkish

nezaketsiz

zarafetten yoksun; sakar; ; - Sör Walter Scott

🇮🇱Hebrew

לא חינני

חסר חן; מְגוּשָׁם; ; סר וולטר סקוט

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