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Ungraceful synonyms

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awkward
Difficult to effect; uncomfortable:
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  1. Difficult to effect; uncomfortable:
  2. Not dexterous; clumsy.
  3. Marked by or causing embarrassment or discomfort:
clumsy
Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
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  1. Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
  2. Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
  3. Gauche; inept:
gawky
Awkward or ungainly, often, specif., from being disproportionately tall
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  1. Awkward or ungainly, often, specif., from being disproportionately tall
  2. Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement
  3. Awkward; ungainly.
graceless
Lacking grace; clumsy.
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  1. Lacking grace; clumsy.
  2. Lacking any sense of what is right or proper
  3. Without grace; clumsy or inelegant
inept
Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy:
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  1. Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy:
  2. Showing a lack of judgment, sense, or reason; inappropriate or foolish:
  3. Clumsy or bungling
lumpish
Shaped like a lump, ill defined in shape.
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  1. Shaped like a lump, ill defined in shape.
  2. Like lumps, composed of unshaped or mismatched pieces.
  3. Clumsy or cumbersome.
maladroit
Marked by a lack of adroitness; inept.
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  1. Marked by a lack of adroitness; inept.
  2. Awkward; clumsy; bungling
ungainly
Lacking grace or ease of movement or form; clumsy.
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  1. Lacking grace or ease of movement or form; clumsy.
  2. Difficult to move or to manage; unwieldy.
  3. Awkward; clumsy
Find another word for ungraceful. In this page you can discover 11 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for ungraceful, like: awkward, clumsy, gawky, graceless, inept, lumpish, maladroit, ungainly, klutzy, all-thumbs and ability.

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  • It reflected a weak, ungraceful figure and thin face.

  • Recovering in an ungraceful manner, she marched to her room, glad he wasn't around to laugh.

  • Their forms are not ungraceful, and many of them are covered over with beautiful and elaborate carvings of flowers, animals and palm branches.

  • The Imari ware, even though its thick biscuit and generally ungraceful shapes be omitted from the account, shows no enamels that can rival the exquisitely soft, broken tints of the famille rose; and the Kakiemon porcelain, for all its rich though chaste contrasts, lacks the delicate transmitted tints of the shell-like kwan-yao.

  • Many of the dancing-girls of Cairo to-day are neither ~Awlim nor Ghawazi, but women of the very lowest class whose performances are both ungraceful and indecent.

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